The Mockingjay Pin's Full Backstory

The new Hunger Games novel, Sunrise on the Reaping, addresses the connection between Katniss Everdeen and a previous District 12 tribute, Maysilee Donner, by way of a bit of well-known iconography. Sunrise on the Reaping recounts the occasions of the 50th Hunger Games, the victor of which is Katniss’ future mentor Haymitch Abernathy. Both exterior and within the area, Haymitch will get to know and allies himself with Maysilee, a lady from District 12’s wealthier service provider class who’s finally killed by the Capitol’s mutts.

As was initially revealed within the Catching Fire novel — however minimize from the film adaptation — Maysilee is the unique proprietor of Katniss’ mockingjay pin, which turns into the image of the districts’ rise up after Katniss’ Hunger Games. Although it isn’t talked about within the earlier installment within the Hunger Games timeline, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, by Haymitch’s time, the Capitol formally permits the tributes to every carry a token from residence, corresponding to a bit of bijou. The pin, nevertheless, is a thematic cornerstone of the sequence and symbolically connects a number of characters.

The Mockingjay Pin Has Covey Origins

Maysilee & Merrilee’s Pins Were Made By Tam Amber, Lucy Gray’s Covey Family Member

Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird Turning While Playing the Guitar in The Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Sunrise on the Reaping depicts not simply the proprietor of the mockingjay pin however its maker. Haymitch’s girlfriend is Lenore Dove, who’s the daughter of Maude Ivory Baird, Lucy Gray’s cousin in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. As Lucy Gray disappeared and Maude Ivory died in childbirth, Lenore Dove was raised by her “uncles,” Clerk Carmine and Tam Amber, two extra Covey members who grew up with the Baird cousins, although they aren’t associated by blood.

Lucy Gray all the time referred to her individuals as vacationers, even after that they had been confided to District 12.

Tam Amber is a famous metalworker in District 12 and was commissioned by Mr. Donner to make two gold pins for his twin daughters. He common one with a hummingbird design and the opposite with a mockingjay. This is noteworthy as a result of it ties the pin again to the themes related to the Covey and Lucy Gray, who’re all keen on songbirds and the liberty they’ve, in addition to their musical talents. Lucy Gray all the time referred to her individuals as vacationers, even after that they had been confided to District 12.

In The Books, Maysilee’s Pin Was Passed Down To Madge, Who Gifted It To Katniss

Merrilee Donner Is Also Present In Sunrise On The Reaping, Madge’s Mother

In Sunrise on the Reaping, Maysilee’s token is within the Hunger Games truly a set of some completely different necklaces, which she manages to move off as one merchandise. Although it was a present from her father, Maysilee was not keen on mockingjays and by no means wore the pin, however says to Haymitch she may rethink the piece if she makes it residence. Her household nonetheless has the pin some drawer or jewellery field of their residence after her demise. Her sister Merrilee finally married the mayor of District 12, and the pin was handed all the way down to their daughter, Madge.

Sunrise On The Reaping Cover With Red Background

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Madge’s character was cut from the Hunger Games movies, however within the books, she is a good friend of Katniss’ when neither of them falls in with a gaggle at college. Madge wears the pin on reaping day, however when Katniss volunteers, Madge involves say goodbye and asks if Katniss will put on the pin as her token. Katniss is a bit stunned as she by no means considered Madge as an actual good friend; Madge additionally insists that the pin was a present when Katniss gives to return it after the Games.

How Katniss Got The Pin If Maysilee Was Still The Original Owner In The Movie Universe

Katniss Would Have Inherited The Pin By Chance

The confirmed movie adaptation of Sunrise on the Reaping has a little bit of a problem as a result of Madge’s standing with the film universe, as they are going to possible wish to draw these parallels of freedom, music, and nature symbolized by the mockingjay between Haymitch’s backstory and Katniss. But Maysilee does not truly put on the pin within the area, and it is extra awkward in a film to disclose the entire story of the pin when it is not simply Haymitch’s inner narration.

There is story worth for Sunrise on the Reaping within the return of the mockingjay pin, requiring some narrative gymnastics however nonetheless significant to the characters and viewers.

Additionally, within the first Hunger Games film, Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss simply finds the pin at a black market stall and will get it for Prim (Willow Shields), telling her sister it can shield her on reaping day. Theoretically, Maysilee’s household may have thrown the pin away if it was a painful reminder of their daughter, and it merely ended up available in the market finally. This could be a wild coincidence, however the film universe does not have many choices with out chopping this plot level altogether, whether it is sustaining its personal inner continuity.

How Old Is Haymitch During Sunrise On The Reaping Compared To The Hunger Games

Haymitch is 16 years previous in Sunrise on the Reaping, 24 years earlier than The Hunger Games, which creates one other parallel between him and Katniss.

Haymitch additionally by no means signifies that he acknowledges the pin, however he won’t have even observed that Katniss had it till the Capitol made a vogue pattern out of it. He’s then a non-public individual and will not inform Katniss and Peeta about Maysilee till after the occasions of the principle trilogy. All in all, there’s story worth for Sunrise on the Reaping within the return of the mockingjay pin, requiring some narrative gymnastics however nonetheless significant to the characters and viewers.