Coriolanus mentions that “[m]y mother always smelled of roses” (89) and gives Lucy Gray her compact, its rose-scented powder later replaced with rat poison.
Coriolanus starts to give up on this when he separates the powder disk from the compact. He gives the compact to Lucy Gray so she can fill it with rat poison, take it into the Hunger Games arena, and poison her opponents.
This leads to an encounter in the forest where Coriolanus Snow shoots at Lucy Gray after he is bitten by a snake. The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is specific about showing Lucy falling down and yelling after Snow shoots in her direction, but her body is not found when Snow gets to her presumed location.
What happened to Lucy Gray Baird at the end of the book?
Plenty of theories suggest that Lucy Gray died at the end of the book/movie. The biggest explanation for her death, as the film suggests, is that Coriolanus Snow killed her during his mad state when a snake bit him.
No, Lucy Gray has no relation to Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games. When the original novel for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes first came out, some fans suspected that Lucy might actually be Katniss' grandmother.
What Happened To Lucy Gray in The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes
Is Lucy Gray Baird related to President Coin?
Fan theories posit that Lucy Gray Baird may be a relative of Katniss Everdeen or President Coin. Director Francis Lawrence told us Baird likely isn't Coin, but could have ties to the character.
Is Lucy Gray mentioned in The Hunger Games trilogy?
Either way, no one seems to know what became of the 10th Hunger Games victor. She's never mentioned again in any of the franchise's movies. Keep reading to see how the book handles Lucy Gray's disappearance, theories on what happened to the singer, and whether or not we could ever see more of her story.
At an unknown point in time years before the 74th Hunger Games, she was personally fired by Snow, the stated reason being due to her being too surgically enhanced.
However, when the stakes are as high as they are in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, it makes sense why this character would ultimately become the series' main villain. Snow follows a path the audience can't morally follow, and when he kills Highbottom with rat poison, it solidifies his turn to evil and path toward ...
Hunger Games Has Never Confirmed Lucy Gray & Katniss Are Related. Despite the popularity of this theory, the Hunger Games franchise has never confirmed that Lucy Gray - winner of the 10th Hunger Games - and Katniss - winner of the 74th - are related.
In the movie, Snow and Baird develop a friendship as mentor and tribute after Lucy Gray saves Snow's life during an attack on Panem. After being sent to District 12 as a Peacekeeper in the aftermath of the 10th Hunger Games, Snow starts to deepen his relationship with Lucy Gray, which develops in a more romantic light.
Shakespeare's Coriolanus labors to establish his reputation as Rome's most valiant son, but his relentless verbal attacks on his fellow Romans and strenuous defenses of himself cause him to lose respect almost as quickly as he earns it.
He married Julia Pompey but their marriage was loveless. It was suggested by many that he poisoned his wife because she tried to kill him and take their sons place.
Snow realized this, and once he discovered the peacekeepers rifle he used to kill Mayfair in the cabin by the lake, he decided against running off with Lucy. He knew he would never cope with a life in the wilderness, and since he was accepted into officer's school, he saw that as his way to future power.
The loss of a dear person leads those left behind into a downward spiral of emotions and memories. In Lucy Gray, Wordsworth focuses on that loss and the emotions that follow it.
This suggest that it is the spirit of Lucy that is alive and can still be seen. This also gives more insight into the opening stanzas in which the speaker claims that he saw her and that she was a “solitary Page 6 child”. It was the spirit of Lucy Gray which he had often heard of and which he claims to have seen.
Snow was 18 during the 10th Hunger Games, making him 8 when the first Hunger Games took place. This means that during the 74th Hunger Games, he was indeed 82 (74+8). So he died at 83 in "The Mockingjay," since that was during the 75th Hunger Games...
Later in the series, it is revealed that Snow has bleeding sores on the inside of his mouth, a result of drinking poison in order to trick his enemies into doing the same.
Katniss searches his eyes for signs of emotion but only finds amusement in them. She remembers that they did indeed promise not to lie to each other anymore, and she realizes that Snow wasn't lying to her about Coin's role in the parachute bombing.
At one point, as the Games started to develop, Tigris became one of the stylists for the tributes of an unknown district. Over the years, Tigris began undergoing surgical enhancements that made her look more tiger-like.
Described as sweet and vulnerable, in the book, it's suggested she sells her body to ensure the family keeps up appearances and stays fed. Tigris is seen again in "The Hunger Games" franchise as an ally to Katniss Everdeen, but much differently. After heavy modifications to her body over time, she resembles a tiger.
Years later, Katniss will recognize Tigris in Mockingjay – Part 2 (now played by Eugenie Bondurant) as a longtime stylist for the Games. Snow and Tigris have long since fallen out, it seems—we catch glimpses of her disappointment in his ruthless path to power in Songbirds and Snakes.
True to his name, he's icy and has it out for Katniss after she forces the hand of the gamemaker into letting both her and Peeta win. Songbirds and Snakes reveals why Katniss' unwavering confidence in herself and her abilities is a particular thorn in Snow's side: they remind him of Lucy Gray.
The most likely ancestor to Katniss is none other than Maude. Out of all the Covey members, they appear to have the most in common with their talent for singing, their ability to pick up songs quickly and their love of mockingjays.
Ultimately, Dr. Gaul considered these games a disaster, presenting the Capitol as far too vulnerable. She erased all recordings of the games, keeping only a master copy in her own personal vault for her own purposes.
