The novel Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins vividly depicts a dystopian society split into districts and ruled by a corrupt, sadistic capital. The hero, Katniss Everdeen, constantly struggles with internal conflicts and psychological trauma. Throughout the story, many events and symbols are used to represent real-life problems and compare the possibilities of this future with our reality.
The beginning of the book centers around Katniss’s introduction to District 13 and her internal conflicts caused by the trauma from the Hunger Games. It progresses towards her leading the rebellion and explores the way governments manipulate people, showing multiple sides of the conflict with Snow’s violent atrocities and Coin’s subversive manipulation. The stress that comes from Peeta’s capture and use as propaganda continually wears Katniss down and makes for an interesting factor that contributes to the plot.
The middle focuses more on fighting and the actual battle part of the rebellion. Many ethical issues are brought up here, with Peeta being tortured and the Nut mountain being raided and its inhabitants killed. Again, Katniss’s stress over Peeta contributes to the tension and degrades her psychological health, adding in important and interesting conflicts. This section touches down more on the horrors of battle and the oppressiveness of the Capitol. It places Katniss’s mental conflicts and the battles of the rebellion in the spotlight. When Finnick says that “it takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart,” it shows the problems Katniss is facing and how it affect her. We can see how much she’s being hindered constantly by the psychological issues.
The end of the story focuses on concluding Katniss’s conflicts and showing how her life will turn out and be affected. Although the final battle of the rebellion is included, it itself holds less importance than the affects it has on Katniss. This part mostly finishes up the conflicts that played an important part in the previous parts of the story and shows how Katniss has been changed and affected. When Katniss says that she “no longer feels any allegiance to these monsters called human beings,” it shows how impactful her experiences were and we can make connections to the effects of corrupt power use and how society will turn out when influenced by it.
In conclusion, Mockingjay brings some strong imagery and themes to show the possibilities of our future. The way in which it displays the consequences of abuse of power and how people can be influenced by it is very meaningful, and it delivers a very important message to our society. The disastrous world that Collins paints is an important reminder.
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