Why did Katniss shoot Coin and not Snow?

Katniss saw that Coin was already showing signs of being as ruthless as Snow, which could be dangerous for the future of Panem. Coin was willing to sacrifice children to turn the Capitol against Snow and make herself look like the hero who swooped in to save Panem.
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Why was Coin worse than snow?

She might even be worse than Snow considering the fact that Snow has honor, care for others like his family, and genuinely believed that the Hunger Games were for the greater good, while Coin simply continued the games as an act of vengeance and cared about nobody.
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Did Snow lie to Katniss about Coin?

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. He has no reason to lie to Katniss. His death is certain, but the future of the Capitol is not.
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Why did Plutarch smile when Coin died?

It is likely that he is a relative of Hilarius Heavensbee. In the Mockingjay - Part 2, Plutarch appears to smile as he looks at Coin's dead body, suggesting that he approved of her death.
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Why doesn t Snow just kill Katniss?

Final answer: President Snow doesn't kill Katniss because he sees her as a valuable asset for quelling uprisings across Panem, utilizing her image to undermine the rebellion, not because of respect for her or fear of District 12's reaction.
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What if Katniss Killed Snow Instead of Coin (Hunger Games Theory/ Fan Fiction)

Why did snow laugh when Katniss didn't kill him?

The fact that he escapes death, even just momentarily, gives him a brief sense of getting away with some of what he's done, while his enemy Coin — who he himself has helped turn Katniss against — takes the heavily symbolic arrow. Snow laughs after Katniss killed Coin because he enjoys the irony of the situation.
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Why did Snow kill Haymitch's loved ones?

Haymitch Abernathy, the mentor for Katniss and Peeta in The Hunger Games, won his own Hunger Games through smart tactics and outsmarting his opponents. Winning the Hunger Games came at a great cost for Haymitch, as President Snow ordered the death of his family and girlfriend as punishment for his rebellion.
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Why did President 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.
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What did snow do to Tigris?

She is only told that Tigris used to be a stylist for the Hunger Games, like Cinna, and that Snow fired her himself. Over the years, possibly to deal with the pain caused by her cousin's sadistic rise to power, Tigris tattooed and surgically altered her appearance so much that she looked more feline than human.
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Did people understand why Katniss killed Coin?

After all, she had technically betrayed the current government since the public wasn't aware of why Katniss would kill President Coin. However, Katniss killing President Coin was necessary to ensure that Katniss, the Capitol, and the 13 Districts were liberated from the fascist government of Panem.
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When did Katniss realize Coin was evil?

However, she was slower to realize that the woman that had taken up the District revolution was more dangerous than she seemed. When President Snow told Katniss that it had been Coin who dropped bombs on Capitol children (and Prim), she finally understood—but there had been clues before this.
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How was Gale linked to Prim's death?

The relationship between Gale and Prim takes a morbid turn when the bomb that killed Prim resembles the ones Gale designed, raising suspicions of his involvement.
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Why did Gale betray Katniss?

In the end, it is Gale's conviction in the necessity of sacrifice pitted against Katniss' moral incoherence that truly severs any relationship they had or could ever have. Primrose, Katniss' sister, is killed by a firebomb that may have been designed by Gale.
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Why did Coriolanus Snow become evil?

President Snow became evil because he's always been driven by the principle that, if a cause is just enough, then anything done in pursuit of it is justified. Unfortunately for the people of Panem, Snow believed the Capitol's dominance of the other districts was among the most just causes of all.
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Who leads Panem after Coin dies?

Commander Paylor, a vital leader in the Second Rebellion from District 8 was elected as Panem's new president.
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Why does Snow hate Tigris?

Snow personally fired Tigris, blaming her feline surgical enhancements. As Tigris Snow eventually explains to Katniss Everdeen, President Snow fired her because she wasn't pretty enough to be a stylist for the tributes anymore.
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Is Tigris President Snow's daughter?

Tigris is the cousin of Coriolanus Snow and an old acquaintance of Cressida and Plutarch Heavensbee who resides in the Capitol. She was a prized stylist in the earlier editions of the Hunger games.
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Why did Tigris turn into a tiger?

In the books, we learn that Tigris became one of the stylists for the tributes of the Games and over the years, she began getting surgical enhancements to make her look more like a tiger, such as flattening her nose and getting tattoos. Because of this, Coriolanus fires Tigris.
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Did Snow really love Lucy Gray?

Coriolanus Snow genuinely believed he loved Lucy Gray, but his possessive and jealous tendencies cast doubts on the authenticity of his love. Snow's possessiveness extended to other people he loved, such as his cousin Tigris, demonstrating a dangerous and possessive pattern in his relationships.
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Why does Snow laugh when Katniss kills Coin?

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.
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Why did Coriolanus shoot Lucy Gray?

Lucy Gray follows, an argument ensues and Coriolanus ends up shooting the mayor's daughter after she threatens to expose them, and another rebel named Spruce kills her boyfriend.
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Did Haymitch love Maysilee?

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Maysilee most likely didn't know Haymitch before the games, considering they lived in different parts of District 12. But she made an alliance with him and when she was fatally wounded he ran to her and held her hand as she died, indicating they must have cared for each other to some degree.
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Why did Haymitch get reaped?

The second quarter quell's special stipulation was that the Capitol would reap double the amount of children, meaning Haymitch had double the amount of tributes (47) who needed to die for him to live. He trained well, showing skill with a knife, and was given odds of 10-1 in winning.
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Who did Haymitch love?

The film adaptation of The Hunger Games includes a romance between Effie Trinket and Haymitch Abernathy, which was not in the original books. The kiss between Haymitch and Effie in Mockingjay was improvised by Woody Harrelson and Elizabeth Banks.
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