It's a clever story that follows the rise of a character that fans had only seen as an all-powerful monster. Coriolanus sees success in the games as the ticket out of poverty that he needs, but a constant stream of drama, intrigue, and murder threatens to end his career before it begins. His charge is a young musician who earned the attention of the locals by attempting to poison a rival. Coriolanus is extraordinarily intelligent, so he finds himself assigned to mentor a tribute in the 10th annual Hunger Games. He now barely scrapes by living with his grandmother. Unfortunately for him, a rebellion against the decadent Capital led to the destruction of his family's factory. Collins chooses to depict a truly despicable character in his early days, slightly humanizing the future president, but also demonstrating that he's always been insufferable.Ĭoriolanus Snow is an orphan who lived his early years in fabulous luxury. He rules with an iron fist, he revels in the suffering of others, and every notable fact about his character sounds like a footnote about a real-world despot. In his original iteration, he's an unrepentant monster who serves as the traditional ultimate antagonist. Rather than focus on any of her heroes, the story settled in on the early life of the autocratic President Coriolanus Snow. Ten years after the release of Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins returned to the story with a prequel set 64 years before the original trilogy. The tale of Katniss Everdeen is over, but the upcoming film takes place decades before she was born.
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