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Lumanny the Space Jew Crew
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 Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:36 pm
How can we know whose Hovercraft it was?
I am referring, of course, to the scene in the Capitol at the end of Coin's rebel takeover. When the Hovercraft drops the bombs on the children and then, when the medics are drawn in, drops some seemingly harmless parcels which then also explode, killing the children and the medics who came in to help, including Prim.
At first it seems obivous that it was President Snow's Hovercraft, which is supported by his history of oppression and slippery deception. But when Katniss speaks to Snow after he is captured and Coin is put into power, Snow insits that it wasn't his hovercraft; It was Coin's, a devious ploy loosely based on Gale's traps in order to made the Capitol lose even more favor.
Katniss seems to believe Snow, or, at least, she is willing to believe it could be true, as she shows when, at Snow's execution, she turns around and kills Coin instead.
But my question is, can we really know whose hovercraft it was?
I have a teacher, a big Hunger Games Fan, who insists that it was Coin's hovercraft and we CAN trust Snow this time, despite his history of weaving lies.
I don't Trust Snow as far as I might be able to throw him.
But Coin can't be blindly followed and believed, either.
I am not so sure. Can we really know whose hovercraft it was?
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:17 am
It was most likely President Coin. I mean, What would Snow gain from dropping bombs on children? He was already pretty much in thier grasp. It actually said something like that in the book. Dropping those bombs would not have any good result for him at all. Unless he's just that twisted. Also, I think coin purposely sent Prim to the capitol because she knew that it would result in her death. Katniss had already lost so many friends and family, that Coin probaly that losing her little sister would make her insane. Think about how she was when she saw what happened in District 12. She could barley talk, diddnt want to eat, and all because of that 1 thing. Prim's death could make Katniss not feel a need to live anymore. Ort at least, Coin was probally counting on that.
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:47 am
TT Retarted_Kool-aid TT It was most likely President Coin. I mean, What would Snow gain from dropping bombs on children? He was already pretty much in thier grasp. It actually said something like that in the book. Dropping those bombs would not have any good result for him at all. Unless he's just that twisted. Also, I think coin purposely sent Prim to the capitol because she knew that it would result in her death. Katniss had already lost so many friends and family, that Coin probaly that losing her little sister would make her insane. Think about how she was when she saw what happened in District 12. She could barley talk, diddnt want to eat, and all because of that 1 thing. Prim's death could make Katniss not feel a need to live anymore. Ort at least, Coin was probally counting on that. Katniss had been so difficult when Coin was trying to convince her to take up the role of The Mockingjay. But Katniss had gotten invincibility and exemption for those who weren't followers of Snow. Coin needed some way to punish Katniss for not only hesitating to be the Mockingjay, but making Coin accept her conditions. Everyone knows that Katniss loves her sister a lot. She took her place in what was basically death. Then, in Catching Fire, The jabberays were using Prim's voice and Katniss was going insane even then because she thought her sister was in danger.
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:22 pm
addiction2anime TT Retarted_Kool-aid TT It was most likely President Coin. I mean, What would Snow gain from dropping bombs on children? He was already pretty much in thier grasp. It actually said something like that in the book. Dropping those bombs would not have any good result for him at all. Unless he's just that twisted. Also, I think coin purposely sent Prim to the capitol because she knew that it would result in her death. Katniss had already lost so many friends and family, that Coin probaly that losing her little sister would make her insane. Think about how she was when she saw what happened in District 12. She could barley talk, diddnt want to eat, and all because of that 1 thing. Prim's death could make Katniss not feel a need to live anymore. Ort at least, Coin was probally counting on that. Katniss had been so difficult when Coin was trying to convince her to take up the role of The Mockingjay. But Katniss had gotten invincibility and exemption for those who weren't followers of Snow. Coin needed some way to punish Katniss for not only hesitating to be the Mockingjay, but making Coin accept her conditions. Everyone knows that Katniss loves her sister a lot. She took her place in what was basically death. Then, in Catching Fire, The jabberays were using Prim's voice and Katniss was going insane even then because she thought her sister was in danger. I agree that it could make SENSE for it to be Coin. But it also makes sense for it to be Snow. Snow does not have a history of being honest and we don't really know much about Coin. How can you be so certain?
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Lumanny the Space Jew Crew
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:49 am
Lumanny the Space Jew addiction2anime TT Retarted_Kool-aid TT It was most likely President Coin. I mean, What would Snow gain from dropping bombs on children? He was already pretty much in thier grasp. It actually said something like that in the book. Dropping those bombs would not have any good result for him at all. Unless he's just that twisted. Also, I think coin purposely sent Prim to the capitol because she knew that it would result in her death. Katniss had already lost so many friends and family, that Coin probaly that losing her little sister would make her insane. Think about how she was when she saw what happened in District 12. She could barley talk, diddnt want to eat, and all because of that 1 thing. Prim's death could make Katniss not feel a need to live anymore. Ort at least, Coin was probally counting on that. Katniss had been so difficult when Coin was trying to convince her to take up the role of The Mockingjay. But Katniss had gotten invincibility and exemption for those who weren't followers of Snow. Coin needed some way to punish Katniss for not only hesitating to be the Mockingjay, but making Coin accept her conditions. Everyone knows that Katniss loves her sister a lot. She took her place in what was basically death. Then, in Catching Fire, The jabberays were using Prim's voice and Katniss was going insane even then because she thought her sister was in danger. I agree that it could make SENSE for it to be Coin. But it also makes sense for it to be Snow. Snow does not have a history of being honest and we don't really know much about Coin. How can you be so certain? That's just it. We can't be, at least not fully. While Snow may have a history of lying, he does mention that he and Katniss made a promise not to lie to each other, despite it being broken countless times.
Coin, on the other hand, we don't know much about. I personally hated her from the beginning. She seemed to have this... this aura of hate and distrust, the distrust seeming to apply to others and vice versa for anyone she came across.
I think it was Coin. First of all, it was the same trap that Gale and Beetee came up with. Snow had no access to those plans, and while it is possible he had the same idea, it's unlikely. Coin, however, being in charge of 13, WOULD have access to the plans.
Second of all, I wouldn't put it past Snow to simply use that hovercar to escape. I actually thought that was his plan when the hovercar arrived on the scene.
Thirdly, it was the same boxes that are used in the Games. Who had access to those? Plutarch, naturally, being the Head Gamemaker, would have access to those boxes. President Snow may not have.
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:09 pm
Why was Snow putting the children around the Capitol building? Because he wanted to prevent the rebels from capturing him and his home, so why would he bomb his own protection wall? You don't bomb your own wall! The other side bombs your wall. Also, later Gale admits to designing the plan.
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 1:48 pm
i had the EXACT question in my head,it could be snow because hes evil(lol) and to do something before he dies, but the act was something a game maker would do , and since Coin couldnt do anything to Katniss because of her deal she went after Prim.Makes sense but im not sure I IS LOST!
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:31 am
I think it was one of those strategically placed things where you will never know the real answer to, but fans will form their own theories and run with it from there. It will cause debate, and some confusion, but it also make you think deeper into the book. The meanings, the clues.
To me the mystery of the hovercraft resembles how you never really know who is on your side and you don't know who you can trust.
Yes, Coin was on Katniss side. But we all know from the beginning Coin never liked her. But she stuck with it. A strategic action or one to use her? Well, only Susan Collins knows that for sure.
And Snow... Was against her right? Well what use would he have blowing up children? And why would he drop subtle hits to Katniss here and there is he was totally again her?
It's all a matter of what one person thinks against another and how well you can argue your side. In the end, neither is wrong because we may never find out whose hovercraft it really was.
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:16 pm
My Paper Rose Why was Snow putting the children around the Capitol building? Because he wanted to prevent the rebels from capturing him and his home, so why would he bomb his own protection wall? You don't bomb your own wall! The other side bombs your wall. Also, later Gale admits to designing the plan. I 100 percent agree with u. If president snow bombed his own wall that would be stupid, unless u are crazy! Coin also had to do it because coin disliked katniss from the first sight of her and didnt want her to be the mockingjay. Also maybe coin planned to have prim go there so it would make katniss lose faith in herself.
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:52 pm
It had to be Coin's hovercraft because there really wasn't a reason for Snow to kill the children. Since they were Capitol children, Coin may have killed them for revenge on the Capitol. And it was also Gale's bombs that killed those children, and how could Snow get hold of one of Gale's inventions?
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:04 pm
Honestly, I think it was Coin's. However, there is something that makes me uneasy about that whole situation. For starters, Snow could have dropped the hovercraft and lied to Katniss about it being Coin's. Under the circumstances, I think the reader can draw conclusions to the hovercraft being Coin's.
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:20 pm
(( Just for Hunger Games fun. Hunger Games Song: Kiss or Kill - E.T cover )) I believe that it is impossible to tell. My point being that it may have had the capitol seal on it, and coin would risk killing some troops, including Prim, for a quick ending for the war, but we never know. The book actually says Katniss didn't know, no one but the driver and the mastermind knows. It could be Coin, or it could be Snow, either way bombs went off and Prim is gone. Also I own the books and have reread them many times, and I still don't know the answer to this question.
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:34 pm
Write a letter to Suzanne Collins and ask her. In fact, I might write a letter to her! You have to send i tthrough Scholastic, though, because she can't just give out her address!
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:31 pm
I always thought there was something suspicious about Coin (something suspicious about Snow too, but that"s not the point). I think this was a way to break Katniss. Boggs told her not to trust anyone. Ya, maybe Coin was trying to break the "wall" Snow had made of children, but why would Prim go in there? Because Coin sent her there, to make Katniss even more angry at Snow, to give Katniss one more reason to kill Snow, to hurt her mentally. That's my theory. I do believe it was Coin...never trusted her in the first place, especially when she wanted to do another Hunger Games. Face it, she wants to kill children. Good job Katniss for killing her. Some fun links. Webpage TitleWebpage TitleWebpage Title
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