Many characters in The Hunger Games franchise have very odd and distinctive names, and these are not coincidental. Writer Suzanne Collins took lots of inspiration from Greek and Roman myths and Shakespearean plays to find interesting names for characters. Some of these characters even have a parallel journey in The Hunger Games as in historical mythologies or works of fiction.From Capitol Gamemakers like Seneca Crane in the first Hunger Games film to district-turned-Capitol citizen Sejanus Plinth in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, every character’s name has significance. People in the districts have grounded, earthly names, like Katniss and Peeta, each named after food sources. Meanwhile, the people in the Capitol have Latin-based or Roman names to emphasize their strong government and military prowess and further associate them with the power of Rome.In Latin, Cato means “all-knowing,” Cato is also a character in the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar. In the play, Cato is a loyal soldier to Rome, and he chooses death rather than being taken prisoner by Julius Caesar. Cato’s ending in The Hunger Games parallels this idea: one of the last things he says to Katniss as she’s about to kill him is “Go on, I’m dead anyway. I always was.” This statement is quite insightful from a character that spent the entire Games trying to win. In the end, Cato preferred to die rather than be a slave to the Capitol.
Many characters in The Hunger Games franchise have very odd and distinctive names, and these are not coincidental. Writer Suzanne Collins took lots of inspiration from Greek and Roman myths and Shakespearean plays to find interesting names for characters. Some of these characters even have a parallel journey in The Hunger Games as in historical mythologies or works of fiction.
From Capitol Gamemakers like Seneca Crane in the first Hunger Games film to district-turned-Capitol citizen Sejanus Plinth in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, every character’s name has significance. People in the districts have grounded, earthly names, like Katniss and Peeta, each named after food sources. Meanwhile, the people in the Capitol have Latin-based or Roman names to emphasize their strong government and military prowess and further associate them with the power of Rome.
In Latin, Cato means “all-knowing,” Cato is also a character in the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar. In the play, Cato is a loyal soldier to Rome, and he chooses death rather than being taken prisoner by Julius Caesar. Cato’s ending in The Hunger Games parallels this idea: one of the last things he says to Katniss as she’s about to kill him is “Go on, I’m dead anyway. I always was.” This statement is quite insightful from a character that spent the entire Games trying to win. In the end, Cato preferred to die rather than be a slave to the Capitol.
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