Mockingjay Book Report

Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins, is the thrilling finale in the trilogy series, The Hunger

Games. It is a captivating love story, as well as a violent, action-packed adventure that you won’t

be able to put down. In a post-apocalyptic country, the games are over, and a war is raging

between the districts and the Capitol, with Katniss in the middle of it. It will end with either

the districts resting control from the Capitol, or returning to a worse state than before. You

will gets to explore more districts, including districts 2,8,12,and 13, as well as the Capitol.

All throughout this book, you will also encounter betrayal, fear, and hope.

Katniss Everdeen is a seventeen year-old girl from District 12, which was destroyed in

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She is concerned with what the leader of Panem, President Coriolanus Snow, will

do to Peeta Mellark, her fellow tribute from the games. She knows Snow to be a snake, who has

threatened everyone she loves, and may even be torturing Peeta, but she also doesn’t trust

District 13’s president, President Alma Coin, who seems just as controlling and manipulative.

She eventually decides to help the rebels in exchange for immunity for Peeta and the other

victors captured. Throughout this book, Katniss’s sanity continuously wanes, mostly because of

Snow torturing Peeta. She also struggles to find out who she can’t survive without, Peeta, who is

like a dandelion in the spring, or Gale, whose fire shines as brightly as her own. During these

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periods of insanity, the only thing that keeps her going is her promise to kill snow. She is

determined to accomplish this at all costs, but it will require her going through the Capitol.

You will be amazed at Katniss’s rebellious spirit, and her ability to rally the rebels. The

war will seem almost like a personal battle between Katniss and President Snow. Katniss will

learn who she can trust, and who is playing her. You will also be moved to tears as events

unfold, and as characters are gained and lost. The plot twists will grip you, as they gripped me.

You cannot help but get attached to the characters, and feel their struggles. I think most teenagers

will be able to relate to this book. Katniss is still a teenager herself, and goes through some of the

same struggles we do. I understand her rebelliousness, and I would recommend this book to all

of my friends. The book’s diction reflects the futuristic setting they are in. The book isn’t so

challenging that you aren’t able to follow, but it has deep analogies that causes you to think

about the meanings. After reading Mockingjay, I began to see the characters in a different light,

as I’m sure other readers will.

By the end of this book, you’ll have felt many different emotions, including devastation

and outrage, but you will ultimately feel hopeful, which I believe is the main theme of the