The Hunger Games President Snows 10 Most Memorable Quotes

The Hunger Games: President Snow’s 10 Most Memorable Quotes

President Coriolanus Snow is one of the most intimidating villains in YA fiction, but what were his best quotes and lines from The Hunger Games films?

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President Snow is one of the creepiest, most insidious villains in the YA fiction pantheon, and Donald Sutherland portrays him perfectly. He’s an all-knowing, cold, and clever man with a wealth of life experiences, which only makes him all the more terrifying – and powerful. Even his flaws work in his favor, making him feel more realistic.

His wisdom and position of power allows him many opportunities to voice his mind. He’s very quotable, even if most of his words are threats. His knowledge is undeniable, as is his understanding of the human condition. In fact, it’s this that terrifies Katniss above all else. Somehow, he always knows what’s going on with her.

10 “Convince Me.”

President Snow pays a surprise visit to Katniss’s house in Victor’s Village after the first Games. He’s there to threaten her, but he pretends like he’s trying to help her. If she does what he asks, she probably could save herself and her family, but she also knows that Snow is impossible to appease.

He’s come to tell her he knows that her romance with Peeta is an act, even if she does care about him in another way. She doesn’t yet realize the full extent of her actions in the arena, but Snow knows the only way to rectify them is to convince the world of her romance. But most importantly, she must convince him.

9 “Fear Does Not Work As Long As They Have Hope, And Katniss Everdeen Is Giving Them Hope.”

Many fans of The Hunger Games will remember President Snow for his quote about hope being stronger than fear, but it’s more than just a one-liner. Snow lives and rules by this notion, for better or worse.

In Catching Fire, Snow meets with Plutarch Heavensbee, the new Head Gamemaker, to talk things over. He knows that with Katniss in the Games, things will be a little rocky in Panem. Little does he know that Plutarch has a plan of his own with the rebels. In any case, Snow is quick to warn him that as long as Katniss gives her supporters hope, fear will not work on them.

8 “Whatever Game You Think You’re Playing, Those Out There Are Not Playing It With You.”

Plutarch wants to ensure that the Quarter Quell is in his control, not Snow’s, but he needs to present the illusion of Snow being in control so as not to arouse suspicion. The president may not suspect Plutarch’s stance, but he does sense that he has a few tricks up his sleeve.

Snow ensures that Plutarch understands his suspicions and that he can’t just do whatever he wants. Plutarch wants to manipulate the Quarter Quell, from the Reaping to the Victors, but Snow warns him that people won’t be happy with his choices.

7 “It’s Her.”

President Snow may be as cold as ice, but he knows Katniss better than she would like him to. He’s an excellent analyst of character and is quick to figure out how to deal with people.

In Mockingjay, one of his staff members alerts him to the fact that Katniss and her unit are alive after being presumed dead. Snow won’t take her word for it and insists that he be shown the footage. He immediately recognizes her, even from a distance, and despite her weak disguise. The way he utters the words is insidious and chilling. He sounds almost relieved and hopeful.

6 “… I’ve Been Watching You. And You Watching Me.”

At the end of the series, after the rebellion has been won, Katniss visits Snow in his rose garden. He’s weak and dying, but he still has a few words to say to her. He tells her that they’ve been so busy focusing on each other that they overlooked the third party: Coin and her rebels.

Katniss is still reeling from the death of her sister, and she thinks that Snow is to blame. “I’m afraid we’ve both been played for fools,” he tells Katniss, and she realizes he’s right. He wants her to feel that she has lost just as much as he has from this fight, and it’s this conversation that pushes Katniss to kill Coin instead of him.

5 “We Both Know I’m Not Above Killing Children, But I’m Not Wasteful.”

During the above conversation in the rose garden, Katniss begins to realize that maybe Snow isn’t the real enemy – rather, it’s the system. She believes that it was Snow’s order that killed Prim, but he reveals that it was Coin’s.

Katniss now understands that even if Coin comes to power, the system will be just as barbaric and totalitarian. She uses the same methods that the Capitol does to get what she wants, and as Snow points out, it’s wasteful.

4 “Oh, My Dear Miss Everdeen. I Thought We’d Agreed Never To Lie To Each Other.”

The very last thing Snow says to Katniss is something that brings her full circle. It’s one of the first things he says to her in Catching Fire, where he visits her privately and speaks to her alone for the first time in the series.

Snow is a lot of things, but as he says, he’s not a liar. He rules with pride, and when he reveals the truth about what District 13 and the rebels have done during the rebellion, Katniss questions her stance. She’s been advised to support someone who she’d like to lead Panem after the war is over, but she doesn’t know who. So, as she’s about to shoot Snow, she remembers these words.

3 “You Fought Very Hard In The Games, Miss Everdeen. But They Were Games.”

When President Snow visits Katniss’s house in District 12, she is naturally terrified. Seeing him in the flesh in her own home is bad enough, but what he tells her chills her even more. Now that the Games are over, Snow points out the stakes are much higher.

He’s warning her about her dangerous act with the berries and how this could have been perceived by viewers. “Would you like to be in a real war? Imagine thousands of your people, dead. Your loved ones, gone.” The two of them come to a sort of agreement that she must remedy her actions by convincing everyone that she did it out of love for Peeta.

2 “Ms. Everdeen, It’s The Things We Love The Most That Destroy Us.”

District 13 sends a team of men to rescue Peeta, Johanna, and Annie from the Capitol, but they must distract Snow from the invasion. Katniss speaks to him over a video call, but Snow is aware of the plot the entire time.

She tells him that she never meant for any of this to happen, never meant to start a war. Suddenly he says, “Ms. Everdeen, it’s the things we love most that destroy us.” They look at each other a moment, trying to read one another. Then Snow smiles. “Did you think I didn’t know your friends are in the Tribute Center?” He abruptly cuts the call, leaving Katniss fearing for both Peeta and Gale’s lives.

1 “Hope. It Is The Only Thing Stronger Than Fear.”

Fans may say what they will about Snow, but they can’t deny that he’s wise. He knows what he’s talking about, which makes him an even more formidable opponent.

In the first film, he warns the Head Gamemaker, Seneca Crane, about Katniss and her actions. Seneca is impressed by her shooting skills, but Snow only says that she almost shot him in the head. Then he says what they’re really talking about: “A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it’s contained.” Snow warns him to contain it – and Katniss.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/the-hunger-games-president-coriolanus-snow-most-memorable-quotes-lines/

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