The Final Book of the Hunger Games Series

Book Report

Michelle Havener

Mockingjay at a Glance

Facts About the

Book
Written by: Suzanne Collins
Type of Work:
Novel, third in a
trilogy
Genre: Science
Fiction
First Published:
2010
Setting: Panem,
District 13, The
Capitol, a postapocalyptic world
Major Thematic
Topics: Masks,
deception, psychological manipulation,
game-playing, identity, death and rebirth
Major Symbols:
Mockingjay, knots,
tying and untying a
rope, fire
Narrator: Katniss
Everdeen

Summary:
Suzanne Collins Mockingjay begi
ns in the midst of a
war, a revolution led
against President
Snow and the Capitol
by rebels who have
taken refuge in the
previously believed
destroyed District 13.
Katniss agrees to be
the Mockingjay, the
face of the rebellion,
to rally those fighting
for the cause, but
fulfilling this role becomes increasingly
difficult as the Capitol uses Peeta
against her. While
there is no official
Hunger Games in
this novel, Katniss
recognizes that she
is fighting in just that.
The rules in these
Games, however, are

different because
more than one person can survive, and
Snow is a player as
well. Katniss ultimate goals are to kill
Snow and save Peeta; these are the
thoughts that drive
her forward during
her grueling transformation into the
Mockingjay.

New Vocabulary
Words:

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Refugee

Cease

Obscure

Superficial

Conciliatory

Meticulous

I think...you have
no idea. The eect
you can have. Peeta Mellark

Indifferent

(p. 325)

Favorite Quote:

The Mockingjay Pin: Symbol of Rebellion

The mockingjay originated with the Capitol
and the Districts. Originally, the Capitol sent
out jabberjays, or birds
that hear human
speech and repeat
them to their senders,

to spy on the Districts.

When the people in
District 12 found out
what the Capitol was
doing, however, they
started repeating fake
messages. The Capitol
eventually realized this

and destroyed the jabberjays. However, the

jabberjays managed to
mate with female
mockingbirds before
they went extinct, thus
creating the famed
mockingjay.