This article contains a discussion on suicide.

The Hunger Games is set in a futuristic, dystopian society. As a sci-fi series with kids killing each other in an arena for entertainment, The Hunger Games doesn't shy away from dark plotlines. For many movie viewers, the franchise is already heavily weighted with depressive, dark themes. However, compared to what is in the book, the movies actually skip through most of the darkest discussions in the story. One of the book's bleakest plotlines that did make it into the movie was glossed over very quickly.

In the final installment of the franchise, Mockingjay Part 2, movie fans saw a brief scene after President Coin's assassination in which Peeta Mellark knocked a nightlock pill out of Katniss Everdeen's hand before she was arrested. Without reading the book, it's easy to overlook this detail. However, those familiar with the book know that Katniss was suicidal and depressed after she had avenged her sister's death. In the scene, what viewers saw was Katniss' failed attempt to kill herself before Peeta saved her.

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How Mockingjay Part 2 Glosses Over Its Darkest Plotline

Prim handing Katniss her Mockingjay pin

Prim was all Katniss lived for, and she would not get over her sister's death simply by putting an arrow in Coin's heart. The film only included this one attempt, but book fans know Katniss went through the darkest moments in her life after her act of vengeance. In the film, her grief was quickly overshadowed by the aftermath of the assassination. However, what was going on inside her mind was not addressed. The film ends soon after, when Peeta and Katniss have found their happily ever after.

In the last book, there is an entire chapter written about Katniss's darkest moments. Peeta knocking the nightlock pill from Katniss's hand didn't stop her from wanting to die. While in captivity, Katniss refused to eat and had grown extremely thin. The days dragged on and became weeks. Even after she was set free, Katniss didn't bathe, nor did she care to live and go out. With all the deaths already settled in the past, she struggled to find meaning in life again. It took her a long time to find light in life.

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Why Katniss Wanted To End Her Life

Katniss Everdeen in Hunger Games Catching Fire

The entire plot of The Hunger Games was built on Katniss trying to save her sister. Knowing that losing Prim would break Katniss's spirit, Coin gave the order to kill Prim when she no longer needed Katniss to be the Mockingjay. After putting herself on the line so many times, yet failing to save the one person she cared about the most, Katniss suffered an unimaginable loss. Not to mention, Prim was only 13 years old in Mockingjay. The plot, though dark, validated Katniss's sacrifice from the very beginning of the film.

Perhaps Prim is the biggest reason Katniss lost her will to live, but let's not forget, Katniss also committed treason and murdered the future president of Panem. As the symbol of the rebellion, she served a great purpose in the war. Even in the Games, she was trying to save the one she loved, and now that both factors were taken from her life, it made sense that she would question her existence. Additionally, Katniss was in great pain and still suffered from the trauma of the war. Death to her also meant a relief. Living, on the other hand, would be harder.

It's understandable why Katniss sank into a deep depression after everything was over. And unlike the bright future and happy ending shown in the last movie of the franchise, there was much more going on that the film didn't address.