Hunger Games: Mockingjay Ending (SPOILERS)
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Re: Hunger Games: Mockingjay Ending (SPOILERS)
People die in war. Children, innocent people, soldiers - nobody is safe. Some of the deaths seemed so abrupt and unnecessary but honestly I think that really emphasized the brutality, as well as punctuating the society they've all been raised in. Remember how horrified Katniss was in the first book by the Games? Even before being in them (but especially while being in them) she was stunned again and again by the ruthlessness and horrific violence of the people who were her age and sometimes even younger than her. As the series goes on, though she's still shocked, she seems to sort of come to terms with it, and though she doesn't ever accept it she becomes more resigned. Things horrify her less. It isn't until her friends and loved ones start being murdered that she really seems to be slammed into reality - realising that nobody is safe no matter where she goes. She is surrounded by war even in her daily life.
I think the heaviness of the ending really emphasizes how far she's come but also that sometimes there is no happy ending, and you have to live anyway.
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The story ends in a really bitter way, but I feel it makes it much more “realistic”. Katniss challenges the government, put everyone in risk, takes part in a war… it would be disappointing if everything end up with a “and all they lived happily ever after”.
I think the last moment, with Katniss and Peeta together, is a symbol of “love can grow when you get someone that really understands you, that really support you, that really wants to put you first”. I think this series has one of the best endings of the series I have read.
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