Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by sara_m_martins
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
5.0
i really thought i would make through this time without sobbing, but then it all it not 10 pages to the end
i would also love an essay on the meaning of rope in this book.
here's my terrible attempt: (spoilers)
In Mockingjay, rope signifies fighting back.
First, the song "Hanging Tree", where, as Katniss herself describes it, the lyric "wear a necklace of rope with me" is meant to signify both death and the liberation through death: death simultaneously inflicted onto another and by choice. This "decision" for this type of liberation, of when death is preferable to living, is explored in all installments of the series, in Mockingjay certainly, but even earlier, in The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. Additionally, liberation is present in the idea of the song itself, also twofold: first, as it was forbidden in Katniss' younger years, but was later turned into a literal piece of revolution be Plutarch and District 13, becoming a rallying cry, clear in the movie adaptation's dam destruction scene; secondly, by being the song that replays in her head at crucial points of the plot when the death of Peeta or Gale is considered in some way.
The rope appears again, and most beautifully, as the therapeutic technique of victors. First introduced by Finnick's rhythmic knotting/un-knotting, being then passed unto Katniss and Peeta. In all cases, this is allied to their recovery (improvement in mental health) from Capitol trauma, signifying exactly that: them fighting back by healing. And this being another keypoint in the series, and certainly in this installment: healing, the chance of fulfilling life (even if not perfectly) despite all the suffering endured.
With that, I conclude, that the rope takes the same meaning of what is the cornerstone of the series premise: Fighting back. Liberation. Being more than a piece in their games.
i would also love an essay on the meaning of rope in this book.
here's my terrible attempt: (spoilers)
In Mockingjay, rope signifies fighting back.
First, the song "Hanging Tree", where, as Katniss herself describes it, the lyric "wear a necklace of rope with me" is meant to signify both death and the liberation through death: death simultaneously inflicted onto another and by choice. This "decision" for this type of liberation, of when death is preferable to living, is explored in all installments of the series, in Mockingjay certainly, but even earlier, in The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. Additionally, liberation is present in the idea of the song itself, also twofold: first, as it was forbidden in Katniss' younger years, but was later turned into a literal piece of revolution be Plutarch and District 13, becoming a rallying cry, clear in the movie adaptation's dam destruction scene; secondly, by being the song that replays in her head at crucial points of the plot when the death of Peeta or Gale is considered in some way.
The rope appears again, and most beautifully, as the therapeutic technique of victors. First introduced by Finnick's rhythmic knotting/un-knotting, being then passed unto Katniss and Peeta. In all cases, this is allied to their recovery (improvement in mental health) from Capitol trauma, signifying exactly that: them fighting back by healing. And this being another keypoint in the series, and certainly in this installment: healing, the chance of fulfilling life (even if not perfectly) despite all the suffering endured.
With that, I conclude, that the rope takes the same meaning of what is the cornerstone of the series premise: Fighting back. Liberation. Being more than a piece in their games.