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In The Hunger Games, the gesture is made by pressing the three middle fingers of the left hand to the lips and then raising it to the air. It initially appears in the first book and film of the series, when the people of District 12 salute Katniss Everdeen after she volunteers to participate in the Hunger Games in place of her sister.
Katniss reluctantly agrees to be the "Mockingjay” – the symbol of the rebellion – for rebel propaganda, on the condition that District 13's President Alma Coin grants immunity to all surviving Hunger Games tributes, including Katniss's friend Peeta Mellark and Finnick's lover Annie Cresta, and agrees that Katniss will have the right to ...
Three-finger salute (pro-democracy), a gesture originally from the Hunger Games books and films and later used in protests in Myanmar and Thailand; Three-finger salute, a jocular term for the three-key command Control-Alt-Delete on a computer keyboard; Scout sign and salute, the salute of the World Scouting Movement
In Mockingjay – Part 1, the song has the same origin, but is utilised as a symbol for the rebellion (with "necklace of rope" changed to "necklace of hope") in one of the movie's most powerful ...
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is a 2014 American dystopian action film. The sequel to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), it is the third installment in The Hunger Games film series. The film is based on the first part of Mockingjay, the third novel in the underlying book trilogy by Suzanne Collins.
Birds are obviously a recurring motif in the Hunger Games series, Katniss as the Mockingjay of course, but also the jabberjays in Catching Fire and more recently in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
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On August 17, 2012, Amazon announced the Hunger Games trilogy as its top seller, surpassing the record previously held by the Harry Potter series. [8] As of 2014, the trilogy has sold more than 65 million copies in the U.S. alone, with The Hunger Games selling over 28 million copies, Catching Fire over 19 million, and Mockingjay over 18 million ...