Why Did Katniss Kill Coin

2025-01-17 03:26:54 53

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Tabitha
Tabitha
2025-01-19 22:17:23
Oh man, that's a hard one. I pondered it for a moment. Katniss Everdeen executes President Coin at the end of "The Hunger Games" instead of Snow. Why? Well, it's simple actually. She understood that both of them were as bad,or worse than the other.

After all, Coin proposed to hold one last Hunger Games with Capitol children. That indicated she was prepared to carry on the cycle of violence in order for her own purposes. And Katniss, she could not stand exploitation and domination. The people had had enough. In that crucial moment, therefore, instead of firing her arrow at Snow--it was aimed squarely at Coin.
Bradley
Bradley
2025-01-21 17:46:12
So, in the finale of 'The Hunger Games' series, during President Snow's execution, Katniss unexpectedly kills President Coin. This act might seem like a sudden twist to some, but in reality, it's the culmination of Katniss' character development and her perceptions of right and wrong.

Throughout the series, Katniss has been manipulated by those in power, used as a pawn in political games. Snow was a representation of all that was openly rotten and brutal, while Coin represented a new kind of misery, the cunning, superficially benevolent type of leadership that promised change but was just as willing to sacrifice innocent lives for power.

Towards the end, Coin proposes a final Hunger Games utilizing the children of the Capitol's officials. This shows Katniss that Coin is no different from Snow — she is willing to continue the cycle of violence and vengeance for her own political gain.

Seeing the symmetry between Snow and Coin, Katniss makes a stand, killing Coin to prevent another tyrant from taking command. This act is not just about rebellion or personal vengeance, but about refusing to let innocents suffer at the hands of the powerful. It's Katniss' way of revealing her understanding of the complexities of power, authority, and morality.

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1 answers2025-02-10 07:19:46
No, it's the Capitol citizens who were exciting and caught up in the moment that get hold of President Snow and kill him. But for Katniss, this makes her so much more a marked woman. When Katniss gets the chance to kill President Snow during his public execution, she suddenly decides at the last moment to change direction and end up killing President Coin instead as well as realizing that Coin is actually just as much a threat as Snow now himself. The Capitol people then swarm Snow and he died, but... It's unclear whether the crowd killed him or if he choked on his own blood. Snow was already quite sick, remember. So despite the major feud between Katniss and Snow over the book series, she isn't actually responsible for his death. The moral of the story is: in 'Hunger Games', things do not turn out the way you might expect them to at all!

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Katniss won't pick up. Well, if you mean Suzanne Collins 's novel heroine Katniss Everdeen, then the answer is no. With that breath back in her body, Katniss walks far and long at the end of the trilogy's published conclusion. In both book and movie adaptations, we find her alive at the closeup but troubled by memories of all tumult that filled pages and screens through two installments. She brings about a revolution–it is she who becomes uniting center stage for all provinces in their battle against the oppressive ruling Capitol. She guides them to eventual victory. However she has a long series of emotional, personal and social shocks to go through yet. One was the death of her beloved sister, Primrose, which dealt her a massive emotional blow. You got a spot of water? After the war, Katniss continues to stumble in her search for a little peace amid such violent upheavals as this. Even in the end she eventually settles down and moves with Peeta Mellark off to tour District 12 on tours for old times' sakes, where they try as best they can—and hope, stats permitting—to piece their lives back together. They even have two children.” So, in a physical sense no, Katniss Everdeen does not die. But large parts of her certainly perish thoughout the dreadful real and emotional journey she undergoes in this series.

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