Mockingjayby

Suzanne Collins

REBECCA MULHOLLAND

Published by: Scholastic Inc. 2012

Intro

duct

ion

The Mockingjay takes place in the

future in a dictatorship called

Panem. The Mockingjay is a continuation

on the Hunger Games series.

The book begins with Katniss and

the remaining survivors from

District 12 all settled in District

13. Peeta, Katniss’ lover, is captured

by the Capital and is being

tortured. The rebels are trying to overthrow

the Capital with a huge rebellion

throughout all the Districts.

Prot

agon

ist

Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist of the Mockingjay.

Katniss is a girl with long brown

hair and pale eyes. She lost her father in a coal

mining explosion which caused

her mother to lose grip of

herself. This resulted in Katniss having

to take care of her mother and

younger sister. She is the face of the rebellion.

Katniss is brave, daring, a good

hunter, and never follows orders.

Anta

goni

st

The antagonist of the story is

President Snow from the Capitol. He is a mean, cruel, snake

eyed man who rules the country of Panem.

He annually hosts a Hunger

Games in which kids fight to

their death. President Snow manipulates

Katniss by torturing Peeta.

He tries to mentally torchure

Katniss to prevent the rebellion which is lead by her.

Cent

ral C

onfli

ct

The main conflict in the Mockingjay is to finally defeat

the Capitol once and for all.

The struggle is to turn all the

districts to the rebel’s side.

Katniss must fulfill the special

position of the “Mockingjay”

in order to do so. The conflict involves the

rebels, lead by Katniss Everdeen and district 13, and

the Capitol lead by President

Snow.

Mino

r Cha

ract

ers

Peeta is one of Katniss’ lovers who

protects her through deathly situations

and cares about her more than

anything. He is used against her by the

Capitol which hurts Katniss greatly.

Gale is another lover of Katniss. He

protects her throughout the war and

wishes that he could have always been

there for her. Beetee is a recent Hunger Games

victor who is extremely smart. He helps

spread the word of the rebellion by

hacking the Capitol’s live broadcasts.

Finnick is also a Hunger Games victor

who helps Katniss in the war between

the Capitol and the rebels. He is one of

the few people going through the same

problems that Katniss is going through.

Peeta Mellark

Beetee

Gale Hawthorne

Finnick Odair

Wha

t Crit

ics

Said

?

Critics say that the Mockingjay is

different compared to the other two

books in the series. This critic believes

that the book is good. It has many

surprises that are hard to guess. She

also dislikes the book because of its

tragic events. It is like a pot of water

boiling over, bad things happen.

http://readinglark.blogspot.com/2012/06/book

-review-mockingjay.html Another critic believes that the book is

overall exciting. The book brings all the

previous conflicts to an end in a

gruesome way. This critic also dislikes the

ending of the book and wishes that it was

left more blankly so the reader can infer

and imagine what the end should be like.

http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.co

m/2012/05/book-review-mockingjay-by-su

zanne.html

My O

pini

on

My opinion on this novel is that

is is exciting, emotional, and

breathtaking. The author does a great job with

suspense, keeping the book as

interesting as possible. The story is gruesome and sad

but heartwarming at the same

time. I personally enjoyed the previous

Hunger Games books better. But

I did enjoy the book. All of the big conflicts in the first

two books end up finally being

solved in the last one.