Gone is the courage and strength that we came to know and love in Katniss.Īwakening in a secret underground military installation built beneath the ruins of what was once District 13, Katniss learns the fate of her loved ones and her beloved home in District 12. Her emotions are raw, uncontrollable, histrionic. In shock, suffering not only extreme PTSD, but with what even appear to be schizophrenic emotional swings, Katniss is no longer the girl on fire Panem (and the real world) came to love. MOCKINGJAY begins anew following Katniss’ rescue from her arrow-inflicted destruction of the Quarter Quell. What began as a dystopian young adult franchise with futuristic hypothesis and “fantasy” is now, in many respects, an imitation of the very world we live in today and quite honestly, may hit too close to home for many. Disturbingly, the dark, militaristic tone of MOCKINGJAY is set very quickly thanks to images that could be lifted from the very pages of today’s newspapers and evening news, from fire-bombed villages and panic-stricken “frozen” skeletal remains to ISIL style random executions. The game is now very real and must be played by every single citizen in Panem if the now obviously evil megalomaniac, President Snow and his Capitol are to be destroyed and Panem returned to its people. The games are no longer “games” with a single victor (or victors, as in the case of Katniss and Peeta). With the release of Katniss Everdeen’s arrow as her final move in the “Catching Fire” Quarter Quell, all bets are off. The game is afoot with THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1, but it’s no longer being played as a game within the confines of an electronically controlled and domed “arena”.
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