The Symbol Of Power In Mockingjay By Suzanne Collins

This book, Mockingjay, goes along with the story of Katniss Everdeen, a teenage girl who has become the symbol of the resistance against the Capitol. She is named the Mockingjay. In this book, Katniss is thrown into the middle of a full-on war, as the Panem districts come together to overthrow the Capitol. To begin, Mockingjay expresses a main theme of power.

First, the main theme of Mockingjay is power and its influence on the world. Throughout this book, the Capitol manipulates and utilizes the citizens of Panem to achieve their goal of taking over. As Boggs tries to tell Katniss that she is a threat to President Coin’s authority, Katniss comments, “Let the Capitol and the districts run one another into the ground and then sauntered in to

I had to see it, though” (Collins 3). This explains that Katniss has so much power but none at the same time. Every move she makes is being watched, but at the same time, she is the head of the revolution. In addition, another way power is shone in this story is how Katniss’s character development increases rapidly. Katniss and her squad get to District 8 to train as she signals to herself, “Power. I have a kind of power I never knew I possessed. Snow knew it, as soon as I held out those berries. Plutarch knew when he rescued me from the arena. And Coin knows now” (Collins 91). This expresses that Katniss’s power is starting to grow inside of her. She is only starting to discover her strength, so that is the more dangerous part. Finally, the importance and influence of power is displayed in Mockingjay by showing how power develops in each character and how much they receive in the end. Katniss is in the hospital with Prim who has died, and Commander Paylor insists, “‘On my authority,’ says Paylor. ‘She has a right to anything behind that door. These are her soldiers, not Coin's. They drop their weapons without question and