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* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Coriolanus is called out by Lucy Gray for not thinking she has a chance of winning the Games, he's forced to admit that she's right and that he's basically been using her as a tool to make himself look better, which is an extraordinarily unfair way to treat a person who's saved his life twice.
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** When Coriolanus is called out by Lucy Gray for not thinking she has a chance of winning the Games, he's forced to admit that she's right and that he's basically been using her as a tool to make himself look better, which is an extraordinarily unfair way to treat a person who's saved his lifetwice.twice.
** Coriolanus is taken aback when Marcus is tortured and strung up in the arena, noting that the tribute's only crime was trying to run for his life--hardly anything ''evil''.
** [[spoiler:It's made clear that Coriolanus never truly wanted to see Sejanus harmed, no matter how he feels about him, and is sick with guilt over it. Unfortunately, he rationalizes his betrayal of Sejanus as necessary, nearing the end of his ProtagonistJourneyToVillain]].
** When Coriolanus is called out by Lucy Gray for not thinking she has a chance of winning the Games, he's forced to admit that she's right and that he's basically been using her as a tool to make himself look better, which is an extraordinarily unfair way to treat a person who's saved his life
** Coriolanus is taken aback when Marcus is tortured and strung up in the arena, noting that the tribute's only crime was trying to run for his life--hardly anything ''evil''.
** [[spoiler:It's made clear that Coriolanus never truly wanted to see Sejanus harmed, no matter how he feels about him, and is sick with guilt over it. Unfortunately, he rationalizes his betrayal of Sejanus as necessary, nearing the end of his ProtagonistJourneyToVillain]].
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** Gaul is a region that was conquered and assimilated by the Romans. Volumnia is the mother of Roman general Gaius Martius Theatre/{{Coriolanus}}. Shakespeare's version of Volumnia is profoundly controlling towards Coriolanus and constantly urges him towards aggression. Dr. Gaul was mentoring Coriolanus Snow in her own twisted way and arranged some events, which molded the young teenager into the villain that we know from the ''Hunger Games'' books. By the end of the book, he's taking classes with Gaul, and is interning to be a Gamemaker - her position for the Tenth Game.
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* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Coriolanus grew up in a very wealthy family and is determined to restore their fortunes. His belief in the power of money [[spoiler:leads him to make a colossal mistake when deciding to betray Sejanus to the Capitol for colluding with rebels, since he assumes Sejanus' father will be able to buy his freedom as he's done in the past...clearly not considering that wealth and influence only go so far when it comes to being charged with treason]].
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* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Coriolanus grew up in a very wealthy family and is determined to restore their fortunes. His belief in the power of money [[spoiler:leads him to make a colossal mistake when deciding to betray Sejanus to the Capitol for colluding with rebels, since he assumes Sejanus' father will be able to buy his freedom as he's done in the past... clearly not considering that wealth and influence only go so far when it comes to being charged with treason]].
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* ScientificAndTechnologicalThemeNaming: Named characters from Districts 3, 5, and 6 tend to have names pertaining to their districts' industries -- technology, electricity, and transportation, respectively.
** District 3 (technology) has Circ (circuit) and Teslee (Tesla).
** District 5 (electricity) has Hy and Sol, likely nods to hydroelectric and solar power, respectively.
** District 6 (transportation) gives us the tributes Otto (as in ''auto''mobile) and Ginnee (engine).
** District 3 (technology) has Circ (circuit) and Teslee (Tesla).
** District 5 (electricity) has Hy and Sol, likely nods to hydroelectric and solar power, respectively.
** District 6 (transportation) gives us the tributes Otto (as in ''auto''mobile) and Ginnee (engine).
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* HiddenDepths: Cowardly bully Livia, Arachne TheGadfly, nervous WellDoneSonGuy Hilarius, immature Pup, seemingly apathetic Iphigenia, ClassClown Gaius and several other mentors who display little if any brilliance throughout the Games are still among the 24 highest-scoring students in the school.
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* [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Contrasting Prequel Main Character]]: Quite a few.
** Both the original trilogy and the Ballad feature a pair of StarCrossedLovers who bond in the Hunger Games, both initially out of a desire to survive. Both include a blond boy and a dark-haired girl from different socio-economic backgrounds (albeit the wealthier family in both relationships are far poorer than they initially seem and the poorer family are markedly different from the others in the Seam) and contrasting views on humanity. Their relationships are both marked by a backdrop of political instability, fears of providing for their respective families However, while Katniss and Peeta ultimately are able to reconcile their differences and find love both during and after topping the system as well as put their partner's life before their own, [[spoiler: Coriolanus and Lucy Gray ultimately end their relationship mutually trying to trap one another in their "own Hunger Games". Neither ultimately are successful in breaking the system that would keep them apart, and unlike Katniss and Peeta who go down relatively positively in history, Snow will be remembered as a brutal tyrant and Lucy Gray's story is all but forgotten.]]
** Coriolanus and Katniss are both stubborn, [[{{jerkass}} jerkasses]] with a DarkAndTroubledPast filled with hunger, dead fathers, and feelings of loneliness despite being reasonably well known in their communities. Both have formerly wealthy parents, a sibling (or cousin) that they adore, an older relative that is not quite capable of being a caretaker, and a drive to provide for their respective families despite their relative youth. Both are observant but not very introspective narrators, and as leads they struggle to make their own choices while at the mercy of older adults that treat them as pawns. They struggle to make connections with other people (but have a shockingly large number of allies), have beautiful singing voices that they rarely use, and fall in love with [[OppositesAttract partners that have contrasting backgrounds and worldviews]]. The two are pragmatic, cynical, consummate survivors who can put up an effective facade in public. Despite these similarities, in the end Coriolanus is headed down a very dark path towards becoming the Capital's brutal EvilPresident who willingly and calculatingly gives up his loving family and friends for the sake of power, while Katniss gradually becomes the IconOfRebellion through impulsive but heroic actions and tragically loses many of her friends and family members along the way despite her best efforts. Snow dies hated and abandoned by all, while Katniss ultimately is able to find bitter-sweet happiness.
** Lucy Gray and Peeta are the deuteragonists and romantic interests of the leads of their respective novels, and both charming, kind, artistic and optimistic people thrown into the Hunger Games. Despite not having traditionally useful skills for the arena, they excel at manipulating the audiences to their favor. Neither want to kill others both are forced to by circumstances (both use poison at least once) and ultimately win their respective games with the support of their partners. Both contrast physically. Lucy Gray has darker hair and is physically not particularly intimidating. Peeta has light hair is from a wealthier background, which affords him a notably strong physique that he uses to his advantage on a few smaller occasions. Lucy Gray is the eldest of her non-traditional but extremely family, while Peeta is the youngest sibling of a more traditional family that he has a distant relationship with. Peeta's interest in Katniss is born out of a decade long crush on her since they were children and early on he seems determined to ensure that she survives. Lucy Gray meets Coriolanus for the first time at the Hunger Games and it is suggested that her initial interactions with him were primarily born out of a desire to survive before becoming romantic.
** Mayfair and Madge are both daughters of District 12's Mayors, but while Mayfair is a spoiled, awful girl with a murderous relationship with Lucy Gray (the District 12 tribute), Madge is a spoiled but extremely kind girl and one of Katniss's (the other District 12 tribute) few friends.
** Both the original trilogy and the Ballad feature a pair of StarCrossedLovers who bond in the Hunger Games, both initially out of a desire to survive. Both include a blond boy and a dark-haired girl from different socio-economic backgrounds (albeit the wealthier family in both relationships are far poorer than they initially seem and the poorer family are markedly different from the others in the Seam) and contrasting views on humanity. Their relationships are both marked by a backdrop of political instability, fears of providing for their respective families However, while Katniss and Peeta ultimately are able to reconcile their differences and find love both during and after topping the system as well as put their partner's life before their own, [[spoiler: Coriolanus and Lucy Gray ultimately end their relationship mutually trying to trap one another in their "own Hunger Games". Neither ultimately are successful in breaking the system that would keep them apart, and unlike Katniss and Peeta who go down relatively positively in history, Snow will be remembered as a brutal tyrant and Lucy Gray's story is all but forgotten.]]
** Coriolanus and Katniss are both stubborn, [[{{jerkass}} jerkasses]] with a DarkAndTroubledPast filled with hunger, dead fathers, and feelings of loneliness despite being reasonably well known in their communities. Both have formerly wealthy parents, a sibling (or cousin) that they adore, an older relative that is not quite capable of being a caretaker, and a drive to provide for their respective families despite their relative youth. Both are observant but not very introspective narrators, and as leads they struggle to make their own choices while at the mercy of older adults that treat them as pawns. They struggle to make connections with other people (but have a shockingly large number of allies), have beautiful singing voices that they rarely use, and fall in love with [[OppositesAttract partners that have contrasting backgrounds and worldviews]]. The two are pragmatic, cynical, consummate survivors who can put up an effective facade in public. Despite these similarities, in the end Coriolanus is headed down a very dark path towards becoming the Capital's brutal EvilPresident who willingly and calculatingly gives up his loving family and friends for the sake of power, while Katniss gradually becomes the IconOfRebellion through impulsive but heroic actions and tragically loses many of her friends and family members along the way despite her best efforts. Snow dies hated and abandoned by all, while Katniss ultimately is able to find bitter-sweet happiness.
** Lucy Gray and Peeta are the deuteragonists and romantic interests of the leads of their respective novels, and both charming, kind, artistic and optimistic people thrown into the Hunger Games. Despite not having traditionally useful skills for the arena, they excel at manipulating the audiences to their favor. Neither want to kill others both are forced to by circumstances (both use poison at least once) and ultimately win their respective games with the support of their partners. Both contrast physically. Lucy Gray has darker hair and is physically not particularly intimidating. Peeta has light hair is from a wealthier background, which affords him a notably strong physique that he uses to his advantage on a few smaller occasions. Lucy Gray is the eldest of her non-traditional but extremely family, while Peeta is the youngest sibling of a more traditional family that he has a distant relationship with. Peeta's interest in Katniss is born out of a decade long crush on her since they were children and early on he seems determined to ensure that she survives. Lucy Gray meets Coriolanus for the first time at the Hunger Games and it is suggested that her initial interactions with him were primarily born out of a desire to survive before becoming romantic.
** Mayfair and Madge are both daughters of District 12's Mayors, but while Mayfair is a spoiled, awful girl with a murderous relationship with Lucy Gray (the District 12 tribute), Madge is a spoiled but extremely kind girl and one of Katniss's (the other District 12 tribute) few friends.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Inverted. Billy Taupe, who's ''far'' from heroic, cheats on his good-natured, kindhearted (brunette) girlfriend Lucy Gray Baird with redheaded Mayfair Lipp, a stuck-up, spoiled RichBitch, and gets kicked out of the Covey as a result.
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* AmbiguousSituation: The ending.
** [[spoiler:What really happened to Lucy Gray Baird? Did she die when Snow shot her? Did she live and just run off into the woods for the rest of her life? Did she try to make it to what we know is District 13 in the north and died of exposure (since the climax is set in August, she wouldn’t have been able to travel all the way there on foot by the winter) on the way? Could she have made it there? Could she have just lived in the wilderness for a while to let things cool off and then went back to District 12 under an assumed name? This is a possibility since it’s heavily implied that she or one of her relatives ended up marrying into the Everdeen family, due to her knowledge of the songs Katniss' father liked to recite, her relationship with mockingjays, and her love of katnisses/arrowheads, but left unclear whether it was her or Maude Ivory]]. Snow, who has made up his mind to forget about her, simply learns that she disappeared from the face of the earth.
** It's unclear whether [[spoiler:Lucy Gray deliberately left the snake to bite Coriolanus. She has shown that she's able to catch snakes and willing to use them as weapons, but the snake that was underneath her scarf wasn't even venomous, and a doctor tells Coriolanus that those snakes come out on their own when it rains.]]
** [[spoiler:What really happened to Lucy Gray Baird? Did she die when Snow shot her? Did she live and just run off into the woods for the rest of her life? Did she try to make it to what we know is District 13 in the north and died of exposure (since the climax is set in August, she wouldn’t have been able to travel all the way there on foot by the winter) on the way? Could she have made it there? Could she have just lived in the wilderness for a while to let things cool off and then went back to District 12 under an assumed name? This is a possibility since it’s heavily implied that she or one of her relatives ended up marrying into the Everdeen family, due to her knowledge of the songs Katniss' father liked to recite, her relationship with mockingjays, and her love of katnisses/arrowheads, but left unclear whether it was her or Maude Ivory]]. Snow, who has made up his mind to forget about her, simply learns that she disappeared from the face of the earth.
** It's unclear whether [[spoiler:Lucy Gray deliberately left the snake to bite Coriolanus. She has shown that she's able to catch snakes and willing to use them as weapons, but the snake that was underneath her scarf wasn't even venomous, and a doctor tells Coriolanus that those snakes come out on their own when it rains.]]
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** [[spoiler:What really happened to Lucy Gray Baird? Did she die when Snow shot her? Did she live and just run off into the woods for the rest of her life? Did she try to make it to what we know is District 13 in the north and died of exposure (since the climax is set in August, she wouldn’t have been able to travel all the way there on foot by the winter) on the way? Could she have made it there? Could she have just lived in the wilderness for a while to let things cool off and then went back to District 12 under an assumed name? This is a possibility since it’s heavily implied that she or one of her relatives ended up marrying into the Everdeen family, due to her knowledge of the songs Katniss' father liked to recite, her relationship with mockingjays, and her love of katnisses/arrowheads, but left unclear whether it was her or Maude Ivory]]. Snow, who has made up his mind to forget about her, simply learns that she disappeared from the face of the earth.
**It's unclear whether [[spoiler:Lucy Gray deliberately left the snake to bite Coriolanus. She has shown that she's able to catch snakes and willing to use them as weapons, but the snake that was underneath her scarf wasn't even venomous, and a doctor tells Coriolanus that those snakes come out on their own when it rains.]]
** [[spoiler:What really happened to Lucy Gray Baird? Did she die when Snow shot her? Did she live and just run off into the woods for the rest of her life? Did she try to make it to what we know is District 13 in the north and died of exposure (since the climax is set in August, she wouldn’t have been able to travel all the way there on foot by the winter) on the way? Could she have made it there? Could she have just lived in the wilderness for a while to let things cool off and then went back to District 12 under an assumed name? This is a possibility since it’s heavily implied that she or one of her relatives ended up marrying into the Everdeen family, due to her knowledge of the songs Katniss' father liked to recite, her relationship with mockingjays, and her love of katnisses/arrowheads, but left unclear whether it was her or Maude Ivory]]. Snow, who has made up his mind to forget about her, simply learns that she disappeared from the face of the earth.
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:What really happened to Lucy Gray Baird? Did she die when Snow shot her? Did she live and just run off into the woods for the rest of her life? Did she try to make it to what we know is District 13 in the north and died of exposure (since the climax is set in August, she wouldn’t have been able to travel all the way there on foot by the winter) on the way? Could she have made it there? Could she have just lived in the wilderness for a while to let things cool off and then went back to District 12 under an assumed name? This is a possibility since it’s heavily implied that she or one of her relatives ended up marrying into the Everdeen family, due to her knowledge of the songs Katniss' father liked to recite, her relationship with mockingjays, and her love of katnisses/arrowheads, but left unclear whether it was her or Maude Ivory]]. Snow, who has made up his mind to forget about her, simply learns that she disappeared from the face of the earth.
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** Mayfair Lipp to Madge Undersee. Both are the Mayor's daughter, but while Mayfair thinks she's above other people, Madge has sympathy for the people of 12 despite benefitting from the Capitol as the Mayor's daughter. And while Mayfair despises Lucy Gray, Madge is a close friend of Katniss, spending her lunchtimes in school with Katniss, giving her a precious family heirloom to use as her token, and being the first person to believe in Katniss who wasn't her sister or in love with her.
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*{{Downer Ending}}: [[spoiler:Snow rises to power and becomes a villain, the game continues, and his relationship with Lucy Gray fails after he tries to kill her.]]
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**Sejanus' first name comes from Lucius Sejanus Aelius, a powerful politician in Ancient Rome who was a close friend of Emperor Tiberius. The historical Sejanus was [[spoiler:suddenly executed when it was feared he would usurp Tiberius.]]
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** Clerk Carmosine has a temper.
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* IronicName:
** Clemensia Dovecote's name suggests "clemency" and associations with the dove, a symbol of peace. As a result of Gaul's DisproportionateRetribution, she becomes irritable and vicious.
** Hilarius Heavensbee is morose and sullen.
** Clemensia Dovecote's name suggests "clemency" and associations with the dove, a symbol of peace. As a result of Gaul's DisproportionateRetribution, she becomes irritable and vicious.
** Hilarius Heavensbee is morose and sullen.
* LastNameBasis: Throughout the book, the main character is referred to by the narration as Coriolanus. In the epilogue, the narration switches to "Snow", signifying him fully embracing the Snow legacy (like his father Crassus before him) and transforming into the monstrous President Snow of the original trilogy.
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** Lucy Gray's musical troupe is called the Covey. A covey is a group of quails, tying in with her avian theme.
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** Lucy Gray's musical troupe is called the Covey. A covey is a group of quails, tying in with her avian theme. Her last name sounds like "bird" and means "bard", "one who sings ballads" or "son of the bard", fitting for a performer who sings ballads and considers her troupe her family.
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** Arachne Crane's first name comes from a girl foolish enough to challenge the goddess Athena to a contest in weaving ''and'' insult the gods with her tapestry before dying for her trouble. Crane cruelly torments her tribute Brandy and gets killed as a result.
** Festus Creed cracks a lot of jokes, fitting for someone named "joyous, festive".
** Festus Creed cracks a lot of jokes, fitting for someone named "joyous, festive".
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** Coriolanus could also be considered a mirror to Peeta Mellark. Both are great liars, with Peeta successfully lying to the entire nation on different occasions and Snow convincing everyone he's a nice person when underneath it all he's a manipulative snake. Both are blue eyed blonds from privileged backgrounds who are star-crossed lovers with a singing dark-haired girl from the Seam. Their relationship with said girl starts during the Hunger Games, except Snow is in a position of power over Lucy Gray as her Mentor and Peeta and Katniss are both equals as Tributes, which shows the contrast between Snow and Peeta. Both feel jealous over a boy from the Seam despite their respective love interests not having feelings for that boy. Both are charming and charismatic. They know the right things to say and how to make the audience like them. Both of them are always thinking a step ahead. Both, despite technically coming from privileged backgrounds, struggled with food insecurity growing up, with Peeta's family mostly living on stale bread and Snow living on cabbage and lima beans and often going hungry. Both have one nice parent (Peeta's Dad, Snow's Mom) and one cold parent (Peeta's Mom, Snow's Dad). Both have a connection to poison, with Peeta (accidentally) poisoning Foxface and then trying to commit suicide with nightlock, and Snow [[spoiler:giving Lucy Gray rat poison to use on her opponents in the Arena]] and later on directly poisoning people who stand in the way of him gaining/maintaining power. And both have flower motifs, with Peeta decorating cookies with flowers and being compared to a dandelion by Katniss, and Snow being heavily associated with roses.
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* ImAHumanitarian: Nero Price cannibalized a dead maid in front of Tigris and Snow, and may have fed human meat to his unwitting daughter Persephone.
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** Above all else there's the fact that at this stage, the Hunger Games aren't very popular even among the residents of the Capitol; despite the long war with the Districts and the lingering hatred and distain on both sides, they still aren't keen to watch children and teenagers fight to the death.
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A [[Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes film adaptation]] was announced by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} shortly after the book was first unveiled. It was released on November 17, 2023. Creator/TomBlyth and Creator/RachelZegler are star as Snow and Lucy Gray respectively.
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A [[Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes film adaptation]] was announced by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} shortly after the book was first unveiled. It was released on November 17, 2023. Creator/TomBlyth and Creator/RachelZegler are star as Snow and Lucy Gray respectively.
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A [[Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes film adaptation]] was announced by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} shortly after the book was first unveiled. It is currently slated to be released on November 17, 2023. Creator/TomBlyth and Creator/RachelZegler are attached to star as Snow and Lucy Gray respectively.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the Villain Origin Story.
** While most villain origin story’s show the main character being sympathetic and a good person before their StartOfDarkness, usually brought on by a tragic event, this is not the case with Coriolanus Snow. From the start, he is shown to be an ambitious, manipulative and opportunistic young man, angry and resentful of how his family has fallen on hard times. He is also sympathetic to the fascist government running the Capitol, in contrast to Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist in the original trilogy. While he develops into the villain as we see him in the original trilogy, he was never a truly good person.
** While most villain origin story’s show the main character being sympathetic and a good person before their StartOfDarkness, usually brought on by a tragic event, this is not the case with Coriolanus Snow. From the start, he is shown to be an ambitious, manipulative and opportunistic young man, angry and resentful of how his family has fallen on hard times. He is also sympathetic to the fascist government running the Capitol, in contrast to Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist in the original trilogy. While he develops into the villain as we see him in the original trilogy, he was never a truly good person.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the ProtagonistJourneyToVillain and Villain Origin Story.
Stories in general.
** While most villain originstory’s stories show the main character being sympathetic and a good person before their StartOfDarkness, usually brought on by a tragic event, this is not the case with Coriolanus Snow. From the start, he is shown to be an ambitious, manipulative and opportunistic young man, angry and resentful of how his family has fallen on hard times. He is also sympathetic to the fascist government running the Capitol, in contrast to Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist in the original trilogy. While he develops into the villain as we see him in the original trilogy, he was never a truly good person.
** While most villain origin
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* Deconstruction: Of the Villain Origin Story.
While most villain origin story’s show the main character being sympathetic and a good person before their StartOfDarkness, usually brought on by a tragic event, this is not the case with Coriolanus Snow. From the start, he is shown to be an ambitious, manipulative and opportunistic young man, angry and resentful of how his family has fallen on hard times. He is also sympathetic to the fascist government running the Capitol, in contrast to Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist in the original trilogy. While he develops into the villain as we see him in the original trilogy, he was never a truly good person.
While most villain origin story’s show the main character being sympathetic and a good person before their StartOfDarkness, usually brought on by a tragic event, this is not the case with Coriolanus Snow. From the start, he is shown to be an ambitious, manipulative and opportunistic young man, angry and resentful of how his family has fallen on hard times. He is also sympathetic to the fascist government running the Capitol, in contrast to Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist in the original trilogy. While he develops into the villain as we see him in the original trilogy, he was never a truly good person.
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* Deconstruction: {{Deconstruction}}: Of the Villain Origin Story.
** While most villain origin story’s show the main character being sympathetic and a good person before their StartOfDarkness, usually brought on by a tragic event, this is not the case with Coriolanus Snow. From the start, he is shown to be an ambitious, manipulative and opportunistic young man, angry and resentful of how his family has fallen on hard times. He is also sympathetic to the fascist government running the Capitol, in contrast to Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist in the original trilogy. While he develops into the villain as we see him in the original trilogy, he was never a truly good person.
** While most villain origin story’s show the main character being sympathetic and a good person before their StartOfDarkness, usually brought on by a tragic event, this is not the case with Coriolanus Snow. From the start, he is shown to be an ambitious, manipulative and opportunistic young man, angry and resentful of how his family has fallen on hard times. He is also sympathetic to the fascist government running the Capitol, in contrast to Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist in the original trilogy. While he develops into the villain as we see him in the original trilogy, he was never a truly good person.
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* Deconstruction: Of the Villain Origin Story.
While most villain origin story’s show the main character being sympathetic and a good person before their StartOfDarkness, usually brought on by a tragic event, this is not the case with Coriolanus Snow. From the start, he is shown to be an ambitious, manipulative and opportunistic young man, angry and resentful of how his family has fallen on hard times. He is also sympathetic to the fascist government running the Capitol, in contrast to Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist in the original trilogy. While he develops into the villain as we see him in the original trilogy, he was never a truly good person.
While most villain origin story’s show the main character being sympathetic and a good person before their StartOfDarkness, usually brought on by a tragic event, this is not the case with Coriolanus Snow. From the start, he is shown to be an ambitious, manipulative and opportunistic young man, angry and resentful of how his family has fallen on hard times. He is also sympathetic to the fascist government running the Capitol, in contrast to Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist in the original trilogy. While he develops into the villain as we see him in the original trilogy, he was never a truly good person.
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Character tropes for this book and the original trilogy of books can be found [[Characters/TheHungerGamesLiterature here]].
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Character tropes for this book and the original trilogy of books can be found [[Characters/TheHungerGamesLiterature [[Characters/TheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes here]].
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** Once the 10th Hunger Games are over, Lucy Gray is apparently able to return to District 12 to resume life as normal without any prize or notoriety; while this is likely a mark of what a shambles these particular games were, it does hint that there's no real interest in the winners at this stage. At the end of the book, Snow establishes the Victors' Villages as a small motivator to make tributes and Districts more engaged in the games. This also adds more interest for the Capitol, and we know that this will eventually turn the Games into a twisted spectacle for them in time.
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** Most of all there's the fact that at this stage, the Hunger Games aren't very popular even among the residents of the Capitol; despite the long war with the Districts and the lingering hatred and distain, they still aren't keen to watch children and teenagers fight to the death.
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** Once the 10th Hunger Games are over, Lucy Gray is apparently able to return to District 12 to resume life as normal without any prize or notoriety; while this is likely a mark of what a shambles these particular games were, it does hint that there's no real interest in the winners at this stage. At the end of the book, Snow establishes the Victors' Villages as a small motivator to make tributes and Districts more engaged in the games. This also adds more interest for the Capitol, and we know that this will eventually turn the Games into a twisted spectacle for them in time.
** Most of all there's the fact that at this stage, the Hunger Games aren't very popular even among the residents of the Capitol; despite the long war with the Districts and the lingering hatred anddistain, distain on both sides, they still aren't keen to watch children and teenagers fight to the death.
** Most of all there's the fact that at this stage, the Hunger Games aren't very popular even among the residents of the Capitol; despite the long war with the Districts and the lingering hatred and
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* ForTheEvulz: This seems to be the motivation behind some of Volumnia Gaul's actions; there is absolutely no need for her to punish a student for lying about her participation in a group project by attacking her with mutated snakes which almost kill her, but yet she does it anyway.
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* ForTheEvulz: This seems to be the motivation behind some of Volumnia Gaul's actions; there is absolutely no need for her to punish a student for lying about her participation in a group project by attacking her with mutated snakes which almost kill her, but yet she does it anyway.
