Mockingjay based of To Kill a Mockingbird?

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I feel really stupid for not noticing this before, because To Kill a Mockingbird and The Hunger Games are two of my favorite stories. Do you think that Suzanne Collins got the idea of a Mockingjay (The actual bird, not the book) from To Kill a Mockingbird? OR do you think it's just a coincidence?

[Richard]

I think she got the inspiration from...Mockingbirds. You know, the bird.

[Kaitlyn]

I think she got the bird idea from to kill a mockingbird and from the blue jays to come up with those names.

[Allegra]

Heaven, it's a good connection and I think you could definitely make a case for it. Mockingbirds represent innocent victims, while blue jays are strong, aggressive birds. Combine the two and you get mockingjays...victims who are forced to rise up in resistance against oppressive authority. Katniss represents just this! She became a victim to the Capitol through the Hunger Games, so she becomes the "leader" of the resistance movement.

[Hannah]

OMG !!!!

You do not think that do u

now I feel really stupid it so obouious once someone tells you that

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Hannah wrote: "OMG !!!!

You do not think that do u

now I feel really stupid it so obouious once someone tells you that"

Don't worry the only reason i noticed is because my class is doing a unit on this book and one of the questions was "What does the mockingbird represent?" And I started typing the answer and was like "why does this sound so fimilar?" Haha

[Hannah]

oh thank you , now i don't feel so stupid I wish my class could getting a excuse to read my fav books would be great lol !!!

[Dee]

Heaven - i'm soo jealous that you are studying something like Hunger Games in school...I wish YA had been what it is now when I was in school

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Dee wrote: "Heaven - i'm soo jealous that you are studying something like Hunger Games in school...I wish YA had been what it is now when I was in school"

Hannah wrote: "oh thank you , now i don't feel so stupid I wish my class could getting a excuse to read my fav books would be great lol !!!"

I meant that the we did a unit on To Kill a Mockingbird. That would be so amazingly awesome if we did one on the Hunger Games though.. Haha

[Jackie]

Round Rock, Texas 8th graders at Ridgeview Middle School are completing a study of the Hunger Games right now, and To Kill a Mockingbird later in the school year.

[theredphoenix]

TKAMB vs. the Hunger Games tetralogy

In both, the two authors create a mockingbird as the basis of the story. I find this very effective as a bird is meant to be free and sing. For example, before the Hunger Games, Katniss is given a parting gift (a pin in the shape of a mockingjay) from Madge the mayor's daughter. It is touching to see that as the story progresses, the pin is always appearing, be it Cinna designing a new outfit for the interviews, or in the middle of fighting the other tributes in the arena. The mockingjay pin is the last fragment Katniss can hold on to from her deceased friend who died in the bombing of District 12. The pin is always a sign of freedom, change and light at the end of the tunnel for Katniss, her family, District 12 and the whole of Panem. The pin is also the source of her calling card, the mockingjay. Guided by President Coin, she helps lead the rebels to fight against Snow, because of her symbolic mockingjay, and ultimately win the war.

In TKAMB, however, the symbol of the mockingbird is not a physical object, but a man. Tom Robinson is a sign of peace in a different way. He represents change in Maycomb and helps people see the light for the black community. The idea that really stuck with me was that even though Tom and his family were more well off than the Ewells, the Ewells managed to win the court case. It shows to everyone in the whole of Maycomb that they treat the blacks even worse than the so called 'white trash'. In a way, it links back to the Hunger Games and the Capitol treating some districts better than others.