SongbirdsAndSnakes: A breakdown the HungerGames questions answered in Suzanne Collins' new novel.
Who started the Hunger Games and why? Dean Casa Highbottom is credited as being the creator of the event. However, it is Dr. Volumnia Gaul who is the head gamemaker and the mastermind behind the Capitol's experimental weapons division .
The Hunger Games event was created as a way to keep memories of the war fresh in the minds of Capitol citizens. It was feared that forgetting could lead to complacency and, by not remembering it, they'd return to being helpless and easy to overpower. During the war, the rebels held the food-producing districts as a tactic in starving the Capitol into submission. Those living in the Capitol became so hungry that some resorted to cannibalism. When the Capitol rose to power again, they took it a step further with the Hunger Games event to represent the agony and starvation that everyone in Panem had experienced. Unfortunately it isn't made clear as to what truly lies outside Panem other than there are people living in lands on the outskirts of districts. In the prequel, we learn that Snow's grandmother has a rose garden with her roses prized in the Capitol. Snow also treasures a compact of his late mother, who passed away while giving birth to who would've been his sister. The compact is filled with powder that has a rose scent. Snow inhales the scent of her powder as a way to stay calm and remember what it was liked to be loved the way his mother loved him. The mockingjays have more of a purpose than reciting that whistling tune that's so hard to get out of one's head when watchingfilms. It is revealed that a Dr. Kay helped engineer jabberjay birds to be used as a secret spying tactic. By the use of a device, the jabberjays can record conversations and have the ability to verbally recite whatever they record when they return to Capitol base. Once the transmission system was dismantled after the rebels learned about the birds, the birds ended up going native and mated successfully with the mockingjays. The mockingjays have no ability to mimic speech but they can repeat music, which is why they easily recite Katniss' iconic whistle. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay novel and the 2015 film adaptation, Tigris is the mysterious character that always fascinated fans. Like her name implies, Tigris has an appearance of a tiger, with whiskers and stripes. In both the book and film, Tigris helps Katniss and the remnants of squad 451 hide in a cellar as they prepared to march to the Capitol to assassinate President Snow. After learning of their plans to take down Snow, Tigris helps Katniss and Gale dress like Capitol citizens, but her relation to Snow is never explained... until now. In the prequel, we learn that Tigris is actually Snow's cousin. After losing both of their parents in the war, Snow and Tigris live with their grandmother as they struggle to survive without any income. Tigris works as an apprentice to a designer and almost acts as the parental figure, making sure both Snow and their grandmother are fed and taken care of. Though this was the main question fans had about Tigris, unfortunately the cause of events that ultimately led to their separation was never detailed. It can be surmised that Snow's rise to power could've prompted this family feud but we'll have to hope for another novel that is centered on Tigris. Though fans will always remember Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss singing the haunting songs "The Hanging Tree" and "Deep in the Meadow," it is revealed that the songs come from the newly introduced character Lucy Gray Baird. Now while Lucy competes in the 10th annual Hunger Games as the female tribute from District 12, she isn't actually from the district like Katniss. Rather, she's a member of a traveling troupe called the Covey, who sheltered in the district after the rebellion collapsed. Always writing songs and performing them, Lucy writes "The Hanging Tree" about the hanging tree she would meet her former love at. "Deep in the Meadow" is another song Lucy writes, seemingly dedicated to Snow.Katniss was not only a tribute from District 12 that won the Hunger Games but also sang both songs as anthems for a rebellion — almost reviving Lucy's story years later. Katniss may have wanted to take Snow down but she never knew she was actually torturing him already by making him relive his past and heartbreak. Hell hath no fury like a Snow scorned?Readers and fans of the film have always known a war arose between the rebels and the Capitol but the prequel is able to depict how much the Capitol struggled. With buildings destroyed, citizens left starving and poor, and hope taken away from them, the war could make Katniss' rebellion-era seem amateur in comparison. As much as it would be a plot twist to know that Snow was a district member before rising to power, that is not the case. The Snows were recognized in the Capitol as a wealthy family, earning their fortune from investments in munitions but in the the would-be destroyed district 13. After the factories and research facilities had been bombed during the war, the center of the Capital's military manufacturing shifted to District 2, leaving the Snows' status and income to disappear. Throughout the novel, it is evident that Dr. Gaul almost becomes a mentor toward Snow, always pushing him to understand her mentality that control is needed to protect against chaos. Though, at first, she may appear to act as an Obi-Wan to Snow's Anakin, it becomes clear she is a worthy match to Palpatine in luring anyone to the "dark side" of the Capitol. Dr. Gaul realizes that Snow shares her same perspective that the Capitol should have ultimate control and use the Hunger Games as a way to expose humans' natural animal state. Seemingly rewarding her protege, Dr. Gaul helps Snow to enroll in the Academy . It can be presumed she took him under her wing and helped him rise to power. Whether Snow was a true villain or not is a question that is left for interpretation for the reader. As Snow's backstory is detailed, it becomes clear that Snow struggles with dealing with the traumatic experiences he endured at a young age. From losing his parents, watching the capitol be under siege and lose his family's status, Snow embodies both anger but fear that he consistently hides. Readers are able to learn how Snow fell in love with the girl from district 12 but that love story ends in disappointment as Snow realizes he doesn't like how love can make him vulnerable and weak. After Lucy learns Snow betrays one of his closest friends, she betrays him by leaving him after they planned to run away together. Always being his own hype man, he reminds himself that "Snow lands on top" and running off with Lucy is not the way to do that. Instead, he seems to want to prove that his family status may have suffered as a result of the war, but he was always destined to be the ultimate leader with complete power. But that's a debate readers and fans will have to have. If Snow had his way, he'd propose another Hunger Games.
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