Katniss Role In Mockingjay

The third installment of The Hunger Games series is Mockingjay. It leaves off with Katniss Everdeen (the main protagonist) in a massive underground bunker known as District 13. She is sent there when her own homeland (district 12) is obliterated after she rebelled in the last Hunger Games she participated in (where two people from every district fight to the death, leaving a lone winner.) That particular event didn’t go as President Snow (the main antagonist) planned. At the end of the previous book there was a secret mission to rescue Katniss so she could be the Mockingjay—the leader of a nation-wide rebellion. At the games she shot her arrow towards the ceiling of the arena, causing a massive power outage. Shortly afterwards people from district

13 rescued her as well as some of the other tributes (competitors.) They weren’t successful at retrieving everyone so some were left to be captives of President Snow, including Katniss’ love interest, Peeta. This places Katniss in a shaky frame of mind. When they take her underground, the leader of District 13 (President Alma Coin) is doubtful Katniss is capable of being their leader. She thinks Katniss is broken. But what President Coin doesn’t realize is that anything that is broken can be repaired and made stronger.
Katniss Everdeen does indeed become a stronger and more powerful leader throughout the story. She started out simply being a girl wanting to survive her harsh and dismal world where food was scarce and death was made into entertainment by President Snow and the Capitol. When she volunteered to take her sister’s place in the Hunger Games (first novel) it catapulted her into a leadership role she never really wanted to take part in. Katniss has an unfriendly nature, and lacks communication skills, but her willingness to fight for what is right and inner strength transform her into someone not to be reckoned with. Even the mere glimpse of her inspires others to fight for the rebellion. The only thing she desires is to get Peeta back and kill President Snow (which she eventually does.)
Putting an end to their autocratic world meant dealing with its creator—President Coriolanus Snow. His main objective was to regain control over all the districts and destroy Katniss by any means necessary. He will manipulate, torture, or kill anyone to achieve his diabolic desires (while claiming he is doing what is best for the people.) He is an excellent example of a Machiavellian-type leader. It could be argued that he is the most evil character in the book, but there are others who give him a run for his money.
President Alma Coin is the most ambiguous leader of all the characters in the book. She starts out seeming like the opposite of Snow—exhibiting democratic tendencies and expressing her desires to put an end to Snow’s tyranny and bring peace to the country of Panem. She is very strict and controlling. Everyone in District 13 has to adhere to her rules and tight schedule. She is very much like a military general, trying to keep her soldiers in line. She appears only be that way for efficiencies sake, but later on in the novel her hidden agenda is revealed. She does want to liberate the country from President Snow, only to take his place. Coin even drops bombs on the crowds of the Capitol (using the Capitol’s own aircraft), killing a multitude of people (many of them children.) This dissolves all resistance from Snow’s followers and then Coin achieves victory—but at a heavy price. Katniss’s sister, Prim was among those killed. In many ways she is much worse than President Snow. At least he was straight forward about who he was and his intentions. Katniss eventually discovers that ugly truth and takes the initiative to stop her. When the war ends and districts claim victory, Snow is captured and set to be executed. One of the conditions that Katniss set for becoming the Mockingjay was to be the one to shoot the lethal arrow through Snow’s ice-cold heart. She is set to do so the day after the Capitol’s surrender. President Coin is at the execution ceremony and announces that she will “temporarily” (more like indefinitely) take command of Panem. She also announces that Katniss will shoot the final shot to end the life of a dictator. She grabs her arrow, looks at Snow, then aims it at the true tyrant—Alma Coin. Snow is sick and dies soon after. Ding dong the dictators are dead.
A free election is set and a true leader of democracy becomes president of Panem—Commander Paylor of district 8.

She is a young woman with wisdom and insight beyond her years. Instead of following the crowd and automatically believing Katniss is a leader, she observes her with quiet caution. After joining her in intense combat within District 8, Paylor realizes that she is more than just televised hype and is worthy of being the Mockingjay. Her role in the book is minor, but she leaves an impression of great importance. She is one of the few leaders in the story that never let emotions roadblock sound judgment. She also exhibited a judicious side when she was elected president. When Katniss kills Coin, Paylor pardons her. She claims Katniss was unstable and therefore was not guilty by reason of insanity. The real reason for her pardon could be because Paylor suspected Coin’s true motives long before anyone else did. She knew deep down Katniss was in the right. Almost immediately after the election major changes took place—the Hunger Games were abolished and all the physical remnants of those dark days of President Snow’s rule, melted into a distant memory. No more would anyone suffer or starve again. The only hunger Katniss will experience in the future is for her love

Peeta.