"Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

I am still just starting the book Mockingjay, but I have gotten far enough to analyze it better. There are multiple lines in the chapters that I read that contribute to the developing plot. The most important lines seem to end each chapter. For instance, chapter 2 ends with the line “‘I’m going to be the Mockingjay.’" (Collins 31) This is obviously an important line because it marks the point where Katniss decides to be the Mockingjay, or leader, of the revolution against the capitol. Without this line, there would be no book. "That's my chance. I dart around the distracted guard, push open the door marked 3908, and find them. Half-naked, bruised, and shackled to the wall. My prep team."(Collins 46) This line ends chapter 3 and it contributes to the plot because district 13 captured and tortured Katniss's prep team for the hunger games. It makes us think deeper about this mysterious district 13 that somehow broke away from the rest of the districts. Another super important line ends chapter 4. "In other words, I step out of line and we're all dead." (Collins 58) This line is saying that if Katniss stops being the Mockingjay, the her family and all the ones she cares about will die. That seems pretty important to me.

I decided to create symbols for each of the characters. For Gale, I chose a deer, this fits him because he is a hunter in the first book and now that everyone is in district 13, Gale still goes out to hunt even though they are supposed to stay inside. For Katniss's mother and her sister Prim, I chose a light bulb. Prim and Katniss's mother work at district 13 in a little hospital they made to take care of all the injured from district 12. They are the light of district 13, just like a light bulb. Katniss is obviously the Mockingjay. She is the leader of the revolution hence the name Mockingjay as the title and the picture of a Mockingjay on the cover of the book. Although the Mockingjay bird does not exist in real life, it is still on Katniss's pin and to people everywhere, it is the symbol of revolution and rebellion.