Upon learning about Coriolanus Snow being forced to join the Peacekeepers due to his cheating in the Hunger Games, Tigris said the following:
"You were set up to fail," said Tigris. "The Hunger Games are an unnatural, vicious punishment. How could a good person like you be expected to go along w...
Throughout the book, Snow is seen repeatedly trying to manipulate other characters, such as him appearing to fake friendship with Sejanus Plinth (and his unsuccessful attempt to manipulate Plinth for money at their first encounter). Later, he convinces Clemensia to forgive her; the books make it ...
Related: Why does Tigris call Coriolanus Snow a "good person"?
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes contains the following:
Coriolanus felt disconnected from their "romantic notions" [about the war], as he didn't share a romanticized view of the war. Courage in battle was often necessary because o...
In literary criticism one can sometimes read statements such as the following:
"Helena’s love therefore is overdetermined to a degree unusual even in Shakespeare" (Michael Delahoyde quoting [Harold] Bloom).
'Abel believes Antoinette’s madness is “overdetermined” to show her relationships with Ro...
In "The Crime of The Communist" by G. K. Chesterton, there is a conversation between many persons about the communism:
‘Well, you’re all very down on Communism, of course,’ said the Master, with a sigh. ‘But do you really think there’s so much of it to be down on? Are any of your heresies really...
