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hunger games: mockingjay part 2<\/strong>, the franchise finale, opened over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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jennifer lawrence as katniss aberdeen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SPOILER ALERT<\/a>. \u00a0i don’t want to spoil<\/em> your complete enjoyment of the plot\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(story). i am going to talk about something that happens near the end of the movie, so if u haven’t seen it yet, STOP READING NOW!<\/p>\n

\"Spoiler-Alert\"<\/a>
no spoilers, old chum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

the final battle of the rebellion is a\u00a0ruthless<\/strong><\/em> (cruel) attack on capitol citizens looking for refuge<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (protection, shelter) at president snow’s\u00a0mansion. president snow is played by donald sutherland.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

fun english practice\u00a0\":)\"\u00a0richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n

in the aftermath<\/a>, the remaining survivors listen to their leader, alma coin (julianne moore<\/strong>),\u00a0lay out<\/strong><\/em> (present) her plans for the future of panem. she declares herself the interim<\/strong><\/em> (temporary) president, and\u00a0to curb<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(reduce, limit) the people’s\u00a0thirst\u00a0for blood and vengeance, she suggests they hold a symbolic hunger games with the objective of killing their enemies.<\/p>\n

\"peeta<\/a><\/h6>\n
peeta can’t believe president coin wants to hold <\/a>a hunger games to get rid of<\/a> enemies<\/em><\/h6>\n

peeta mellark (josh hutcherson<\/strong>) asks coin if she’s joking. she replies<\/p>\n

not in the slightest<\/em><\/h4>\n

this means not even a little<\/em>.<\/p>\n

ironically, jennifer lawrence<\/strong>\u00a0, the mockingjay herself, used a variation of this phrase (ever so slightly<\/em><\/strong>)\u00a0in a well-publicized essay that she wrote<\/a> last month about being paid less than her co-stars in the movie american hustle<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"president<\/h6>\n
president snow: who\u00a0<\/em>gets to kill\u00a0<\/u><\/em>this\u00a0<\/em>ruthless<\/u><\/em>\u00a0bastard?\u00a0(entertainment weekly)<\/em><\/h6>\n

as the\u00a0survivors share their opinion about coin’s new hunger games idea, a resolute<\/em><\/strong> (determined) katniss everdeen tells the others<\/p>\n

\u00a0i get to<\/em>\u00a0kill snow<\/h4>\n

get to<\/strong><\/em> in this context indicates that she is taking that job for herself, and that she will enjoy it.<\/p>\n

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katniss everdeen, aka the mockingjay. she doesn’t like president snow\u00a0in the slightest<\/span>.<\/em><\/h6>\n

did u get to<\/em> see\u00a0hunger games: mockingjay part 2 on its opening weekend? what did u think of the final chapter? share your opinion under leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n