Longtime fans of The Hunger Games may spot an elephant in the room in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. District 13, the instigator of the uprising against the Capitol in the future nation of Panem, never so much as crosses the lips of any character onscreen. That’s well in keeping with the franchise’s history as the District was supposedly destroyed during the uprising and stricken from the Panem records. Their return to lead a second uprising at the end of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is one of the saga’s big twists, but 65 years earlier in Songbird & Snakes, they have effectively ceased to exist. At least as far as Panem is concerned.One of the movie’s stronger pieces of world-building is the absence of District 13 in any dialogue or other reference. Even a glimpsed map of Panem leaves it ominously blank, only to drop little hints about it here and there. Specifically, Lucy Gray and other members of the wandering Covey speak of fleeing north to escape the oppression of Panem. The official placement on the map makes that District 13, which speaks volumes both about the veracity of such rumors and how District 13 was able to survive in the 65 years between the main events of The Hunger Games and the prequel events of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The evidence is circumstantial almost by design, left vague both in the movie and the original novel by Hunger Games creator Suzanne Collins. Still, it subtly fills in the blanks on one of the franchise’s most important secrets.In both cases, District 13 leads the charge. Details are sparse about the first rebellion, though the novel version of Songbirds & Snakes contains a few facts, as does the novel The Hunger Games: Mockingjay. Ostensibly, the District provided graphite for the Capitol, though its true purpose was designing weapons and military technology. That allowed it to present a significant armed force during both rebellions, as well as taking a leadership position in the conflict. The Capitol itself saw heavy conflict, and Songbirds & Snakes reveals future president Coriolanus Snow hunting for food in the bombed-out ruins with his cousin Tigris.
Longtime fans of The Hunger Games may spot an elephant in the room in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. District 13, the instigator of the uprising against the Capitol in the future nation of Panem, never so much as crosses the lips of any character onscreen. That’s well in keeping with the franchise’s history as the District was supposedly destroyed during the uprising and stricken from the Panem records. Their return to lead a second uprising at the end of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is one of the saga’s big twists, but 65 years earlier in Songbird & Snakes, they have effectively ceased to exist. At least as far as Panem is concerned.
One of the movie’s stronger pieces of world-building is the absence of District 13 in any dialogue or other reference. Even a glimpsed map of Panem leaves it ominously blank, only to drop little hints about it here and there. Specifically, Lucy Gray and other members of the wandering Covey speak of fleeing north to escape the oppression of Panem. The official placement on the map makes that District 13, which speaks volumes both about the veracity of such rumors and how District 13 was able to survive in the 65 years between the main events of The Hunger Games and the prequel events of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The evidence is circumstantial almost by design, left vague both in the movie and the original novel by Hunger Games creator Suzanne Collins. Still, it subtly fills in the blanks on one of the franchise’s most important secrets.
In both cases, District 13 leads the charge. Details are sparse about the first rebellion, though the novel version of Songbirds & Snakes contains a few facts, as does the novel The Hunger Games: Mockingjay. Ostensibly, the District provided graphite for the Capitol, though its true purpose was designing weapons and military technology. That allowed it to present a significant armed force during both rebellions, as well as taking a leadership position in the conflict. The Capitol itself saw heavy conflict, and Songbirds & Snakes reveals future president Coriolanus Snow hunting for food in the bombed-out ruins with his cousin Tigris.
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