Katniss Everdeen
The narrator and reluctant symbol of the rebellion. Katniss spends most of the book being used by people with more power than her. Her real agency shows up at the end, when she decides who actually deserves to die.
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Peeta Mellark
Captured by the Capitol and returned as a weapon against Katniss. His hijacking arc shows what the Capitol is willing to do to win. His slow recovery alongside Katniss forms the emotional spine of the book's final section.
President Coin
The leader of District 13 and the rebellion. She is efficient, cold, and willing to repeat the Capitol's methods if it serves her goals. Katniss eventually recognizes her as the real threat.
Gale Hawthorne
Katniss's oldest friend and one side of the love triangle. He becomes a soldier and weapons designer. His possible role in Prim's death ends his relationship with Katniss without a dramatic confrontation.
President Snow
The Capitol's ruler and Katniss's primary enemy through all three books. In Mockingjay, he is captured but never fully defeated in the way Katniss imagined. He dies laughing, which tells you something about how Collins views revenge.
Finnick Odair
A victor who becomes one of Katniss's genuine allies. His death in the Capitol tunnels is sudden and brutal, and it signals that no one is safe in the final act.
Plutarch Heavensbee
The rebel strategist and former Head Gamemaker. He manages the propaganda operation and genuinely believes in the cause, but he also sees Katniss primarily as a tool to be used effectively.
Prim Everdeen
Katniss's younger sister and the reason the whole trilogy started. Her death near the end of the book collapses the story's original motivation and forces Katniss to find a new reason to keep living.
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