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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (12A)". BBFC. September 18, 2023. Archived from the original on October 14, 2023 . Retrieved September 18, 2023.It was MB to watch these cruel humans design new muttations and calmly discuss the best way to wring out emotions (and participation) from the outer districts. Oscar-winning star of Fences, Viola Davis, plays the villainous Dr Volumnia Gaul who, with the help of her genetically engineered snakes,manipulates and twists Coriolanus' sympathies for her own ends. The more relatable mantra young Coryo reminds himself of is that “Snow lands on top”: no matter if he loses his social standing, his fortune, his goodwill, he will still somehow win. Over the course of the novel, he adopts many roles: Orphaned son of a war hero, riding on his good name even as he is penniless in his family’s penthouse, due to all of the Snow fortune getting nuked in District 13. Poor-student-turned-Hunger Games-mentor who needs his tribute to win so that he can secure a free ride to University. Peacekeeper, forced to conscript after he helps Lucy Gray Baird win the Games by cheating. Officer, a promotion that tears him away from his tribute-turned-love. And finally, University student (having been honorably discharged from the Peacekeeper corps) and aspiring Gamemaker.

Strabo Plinth - Sejanus' father. He is the head of a munitions empire in District 2 that sided with the Capitol during the war, thus allowing him to buy his family's way into a new life in the Capitol. At the end of the novel, he sponsors Coriolanus and names him his heir. His father, a military general, died in the war against the Districts, which is also when his family lost the munitions factory that made them rich. Because of this, he understands hunger, poverty, and most importantly, the need to fend for himself and others in situations determined not by choices but by circumstances. There’s no doubt he faced adversity, but he is determined to regain his family’s prosperity and preserve their legacy. Coriolanus Snow - The main protagonist of the novel. His family faced financial difficulties following the war, and he makes great efforts to hide this and maintain his social status. His mother died during childbirth, as well as his baby sister, and his father died during the war, leaving him under the care of his grandmother. He is arrogant, cunning and strategic, taking whatever actions are necessary to improve his situation. Coriolanus becomes infatuated with Lucy Gray after becoming her mentor during the tenth Hunger Games. Coriolanus is faced with a decision between power, status, or love. He works as a Peacekeeper and Gamemaker working his way up to eventually becoming the president of Panem.

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Isobel Jesper Jones as Mayfair Lipp: The daughter of District 12's mayor, a rival of Lucy Gray, and Taupe's new girlfriend. [10] I literally spent 99% of this book with this expression on my face. (I wish I were exaggerating.) None of what was happening made any sense, especially the romance (gag).

a b c D'Alessandro, Anthony (June 21, 2022). " 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes': Here's The 2nd Round Of Tributes, Mentors & More". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 20, 2022 . Retrieved February 13, 2023. In Panem, noble Snow family patriarch General Crassus Snow dies during the First Rebellion between the Capitol and the Districts. Thirteen years later, Crassus' eighteen-year-old son Coriolanus is one of twenty-four Academy students selected to mentor a tribute in the 10th Annual Hunger Games. Coriolanus determines to restore his family's prosperity by earning the Plinth Prize scholarship. Games creator and Academy dean, Casca Highbottom, advises mentors to focus on entertaining viewers rather than tributes winning the Games.