Summary: Chapter 2 As Prim walks up to the stage, Katniss, in a panic, rushes forward and shouts that she is volunteering as tribute. A volunteer is allowed to take the place of the person whose name is drawn, but this never happens in District 12. Katniss and Prim embrace, and Gale has to pull Prim away from Katniss.
Prim tried to stop Katniss since she knew she would most likely not survive the horror of the Games; but Gale Hawthorne held her back. Katniss' bravery was strong in this part. Gale taking Prim away at the reaping.
After revealing that he was inadvertently the person who killed Prim, Gale walks away from Katniss without another word. In the novels, it's clear from her confused feelings that she secretly doesn't want things to end that way. Nevertheless, they do, with her and Gale's relationship now going up in its own explosion.
And while Gale certainly didn't intend for Prim to die (sending her onto the battlefield at all was Coin's choice alone, and a deliberate move to put her in harm's way, regardless of who pulled the trigger), the loss of innocent life was a core element of Gale's strategy when designing the bombs.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - Prim death in HD
Why did Snow hate Katniss?
Snow can't stand to see a young woman betray a young man's affection—his view of what happened 65 years ago. And so he takes out his old, festering wound on Katniss.
She was only 13 years old when she was killed in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, and her youth only makes the tragedy that much harder for Katniss to bear after everything else she had suffered. Prim's death is a truly heartbreaking moment.
In the end, Katniss and Gale grew apart, as many childhood friends and young loves do. She needed something different in her life, and with Gale's link to Primrose's death, Katniss found a reason to cut ties. If Katniss ever wanted to find comfort again, she knew she had to return to Peeta for the long term.
Gale didn't mean for his bombs to murder innocent children but that doesn't matter because he was willing to do anything to win the war and the includes the mass murder of children. It's important that Gale's bombs killed Prim because it shows that there are consequences to praying on human kindness.
Gale admits to have fallen in love with Katniss in Catching Fire. He holds a hatred for the Capitol and has scars on his back from when he was whipped over 40 times in Catching Fire after being caught by the new Head Peacekeeper, Romulus Thread, illegally hunting turkey.
Question: how exactly did Gale betray Katniss in Mockingjay part 2? He never did. Gale devised a specifically vile way to attack enemies (that is, Capitol fighters) with BeeTee, and that way was a two stages bombing: first, a bomb goes off, then, when helpers rush in, another bomb goes off and kills them as well.
The new president dies instantly, and Katniss is arrested. After a few days, Haymitch comes to take Katniss home. Her trial is over, and both Coin and Snow are dead. Panem is under new leadership, and the victors are finally free to live their lives in peace.
While there's some chemistry between the two throughout the series, nothing ever comes of the tension in Suzanne Collins's novels. Beyond the kiss, nothing happened between the two in the movies either.
Clove envied Katniss' high training score (an 11 vs. her 10) and hated her for it, more so than her fellow Careers did. In fact, Clove had purposely targeted and almost killed Katniss twice, while the other tributes, including the other Careers, couldn't at all.
Despite being demented and megalomaniacal, Snow is also honest, and clings to his agreement with Katniss that they do not lie to one another, even if she doesn't. This also leads him to laugh mockingly when he is being executed, entertained by the sheer irony of the situation.
No fan of The Hunger Games can forget Rue's death. After Rue and Katniss work together for a while, Rue falls into a trap that Marvel (Jack Quaid), the District 1 male tribute, sets. While Katniss gets Rue out of the tree, Marvel shows up. Katniss isn't able to save Rue and Marvel stabs and kills Rue.
Even though Katniss didn't kill President Snow, the public killed him in the confusion of the aftermath of President Coin's death. This led to the deaths of both ruthless leaders by the end of the series.
It implies that Katniss fell in love with Peeta during their second Games and only truly realized it once he was a prisoner of the Capitol. Thankfully, one moment provided clarity. When Peeta hit the electric fence and stopped breathing, Katniss was genuinely scared.
At the end of Mockingjay, Gale relocates to District 2 and begins working in the district's government. He helps train replacements for the Capitol's Peacekeepers. By this point, he knows that he and Katniss will never be together.
His snarky comments about Peeta Mellark — the other boy vying for Katniss' affection — and his quick acceptance of the brutality of war make him a dangerous and even unlikable character at times. Katniss ends up with Peeta in the end, likely because of Gale's bad attitude and apparent disregard for human life.
Katniss, meanwhile, is four years older and very protective of Prim, and so without hesitation she volunteers to take her sister's place. Moreover, she has years of experience hunting (and therefore killing) and is far less sensitive than her sister, making her more likely to survive the ordeal of the Games.
Coins plan was always for the bombs to go off and kill the capital children, Prim included. But Gale had no idea that Prim would fall victim. Katniss feels betrayed bc 1) Prim was killed as a direct result of the bombs he made. And 2) Gale demonstrated a blood lust that was just beyond the point of forgiveness.
His age wasn't stated in the first movie, but in the books, he was in his 40s. Despite Haymitch's nonchalant, brash attitude, his advice to Katniss was ultimately helpful to her during the competition.
