Anyway, the book I'm currently reading is Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, the third book in the Hunger Games series. Its cover artwork is of what the title and the book calls a mockingjay, the offspring of jabberjays and female mockingbirds.
Jabberjays were a creation of the Capitol, the dictatorship that rules over the twelve districts, to be used against those who tried to rebel about seventy-five years before during a time called the Dark Days. They could memorize and repeat human conversations, so they could hear the plans of the rebels. But the rebels learned of their ability, so gave them false information to repeat. The jabberjays were then no longer of good use to the Capitol, and so left them all to die, as they were all male. But they didn't expect them to mate with the mockingbirds, producing what the districts called mockingjays, which have the ability to repeat songs. The formation of the birds was a slap in the face to the Capitol.
The mockingjay's significance is that in the book, it is the symbol of rebellion against the Capitol, representing everything that the Capitol hated. Those against the Capitol wore one or had it adorned on an item they possessed. Because not only had the Capitol failed to kill their own creation, it had become something better than before. Also, a jabberjay mating with a symbol of justice added to the theme.
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Time read so far: 14 hours, 10 min
Books completed: 2
That thar is a purty sharp blog post, but if you could use one-a them type-font thing-a-ma-bobs big enough fer readin, that'd be peachy. Thanky kindly.
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