‘Unlocking Mockingjay: The Spiritual Allegory’ On Katniss as a Soul Seeking Perfection and on Iconological Reading
‘Unlocking Mockingjay: ‘The Literary Alchemy’ On Literary Alchemy and Peeta as Postmodern Christ
‘Unlocking Mockingjay: Katniss’ Apotheosis’ On the Alchemical Arena and Katniss’ Perfection in the Inner Sanctuary
The first 30 threads from the morning after Morningjay’s publication are here in one convenient location. Every one of the threads has Mockingjay information in it and assumes you have read the book. This is your only SPOILER warning! (nota Bene: The first ten threads were started the first morning post-publication and reflect a hurried first reading.)
Mockingjay Discussion 1: Team Peeta?
Mockingjay Discussion 2: District 13
Mockingjay Discussion 3: War and Television
Mockingjay Discussion 4: The Pearl Plot?
Mockingjay Discussion 5: The Three Sure Things
Mockingjay Discussion 6: Series Continuity
Mockingjay Discussion 7: Gale Hawthorne
Mockingjay Discussion 8: Blood and Roses
Mockingjay Discussion 9: The Assassin
Mockingjay Discussion 10: Predictions Scorecard
And more posts from the first three weeks post-publication:
Mockingjay Discussion 11: Review Revue
Mockingjay Discussion 12: Real or Not Real?
Mockingjay Discussion 13: President Hillary Coin?
Mockingjay Discussion 14: The Hunger Games Formula
Mockingjay Discussion 15: The Hanging Tree
Mockingjay Discussion 16: Katniss’ Meadow Song
Mockingjay Discussion 17: Books vs. Broadcast
Mockingjay Discussion 18: Harry Potter’s Shadow
Mockingjay Discussion 19: Shadows of Twilight
Mockingjay Discussion 20: A Children’s Book?
Mockingjay Discussion 21: What the Votes Tell Us
Mockingjay Discussion 22: Ring and Mirror Composition
Mockingjay Discussion 23: What Have I Unleashed on My Students?
Mockingjay Discussion 24: So Whatever Happened to…?
Mockingjay Discussion 25: A Week Later
Mockingjay Discussion 26: Getting to the Ballad Roots of ‘Hanging Tree’
Mockingjay Discussion 27: The Meaning of Prim’s Cat and Kat-niss
Mockingjay Discussion 28: Was Peeta Right about the Revolution?
Mockingjay Discussion 29: Is Mockingjay an NRA Advertisement?
Mockingjay Discussion 30: Hunger Games and the Lord of the Rings
Thank you in advance for reading and contributing to the various threads of this discussion!
Wow. You’ve been very busy. So far, I’ve only found time to read a couple of paragraphs from Mockingjay. You’ve not only managed to read the entire book already. You’ve also gone through and written up analysis. I’m not sure if I should be jealous or just wonder about your ability to be coherent for the rest of the day.
Except the links are broken right now.
Links fixed and checked! Sorry about that problem; it was a long night of driving and reading…
I found these dicussions very interesting. When I first finished Mockingjay, I was confused. I didn’t really like it all that well because it made me mad. I was in denial about Finnick and Prim. And Coin made me want to punch puppies. (Which is saying something, because I don’t believe in animal cruelty.) I also wanted more at the end. She didn’t explain anything else. I wanted to know how Katniss’s mom and Gale was. I wanted to know all the progress outside of district 12. But then I read these discussions and ultimately decided I like Mockingjay more now. They helped me understand more and took away a lot of that confusion. Although I still want more information and closuer about life after the war (Not just with Katniss and Peeta, but with everyone else, especially the other victors and Gale.), I can deal with what I know for now. 🙂