Quotes About Symbolism

Wonderingly, I lift my long, flowing sleeves into the air, and that's when I see myself on the television screen. Clothed in black except for the white patches on my sleeves. Or should I say my wings. Because Cinna has turned me into a mockingjay.

Katniss Everdeen, The Girl On Fire!

Well, you know what they say. The show's not over until the mockingjay sings," she said.

What am I going to do? I take a deep breath. My arms rise slightly—as if recalling the black-and-white wings Cinna gave me—then come to rest at my sides. "I'm going to be the Mockingjay.

Tu sei la ghiandaia imitratrice, Katniss. Finché sei viva, vive anche la rivoluzione.

In his hands, I am again a mockingjay.

Real rebels don't put a secret symbol on something as durable as jewelry. They put it on a wafer of bread that can be eaten in a second if necessary.

Eu vou ser o Tordo.

They, or should I say we, are the very embodiment of hope where there is no hope. And now twenty-three of us will be killed to show how even that hope was an illusion.

At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me.

I want the audience to recognize you when you're in the arena," says Cinna dreamily. "Katniss, the girl who was on fire.

De repente, lo reconozco: es un sinsajo.

The show is not over until the Mockingjay sings

berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans.

To become the Mockingjay . . . could any good I do possibly outweigh the damage?

every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me. It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.

President Snow says he's sending us a message? Well, I have one for him. You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground, but do you see that?" One of the cameras follows as I point to the planes burning on the roof of the warehouse across from us. The Capitol seal on a wing glows clearly through the flames. "Fire is catching!" I am shouting now, determined that he will not miss a word. "And if we burn, you burn with us!

In my mind, President Snow should be viewed in front of marble pillars hung with oversized flags.

Dit is zeker geen goed moment om te zeggen dat ik een pop aan een strop heb gehangen en daar de naam van Seneca Crane op heb geschilderd? - Katniss

But mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge, "They're just songbirds. Right?

Katniss Everdeen, la chica en llamas, ha encendido una chispa que, si no se apaga, podría crecer hasta convertirse en el incendio que destruya Panem».

dandelion and I knew hope wasn't lost.

At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me. It is an old an rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. It means thanks, it means admiration, it means goodbye to someone you love.

A hovercraft marked with the Capitol's seal materializes directly over the barricaded children. Scores of silver parachutes rain down on them. Even in this chaos, the children know what silver parachutes contain.