Category: Enlightenment Thinkers

What Lies Beneath the Snow: How Lucy Gray, Coriolanus, and Sejanus Explore Human Nature Throughout Songbirds and Snakes

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Tom Paradis

(Author’s Note: Material here is adapted from sections of my companion book, Behind the Ballads.) There’s no doubt that featuring Coriolanus Snow in the first prequel caused some controversy. Despite what Coryo may think, however, it’s not all about him. We find that beneath… Continue Reading “What Lies Beneath the Snow: How Lucy Gray, Coriolanus, and Sejanus Explore Human Nature Throughout Songbirds and Snakes”

Category: Enlightenment Thinkers, Lucy Gray Baird, The Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesTags: ballad of songbirds and snakes, Coriolanus Snow, Hunger Games Ballad, Hunger Games prequels, Lucy Gray Baird, Sejanus Plinth, Suzanne Collins

Unpacking David Hume’s “Implicit Submission”: How He Might Critique Songbirds and Snakes and the Social Contract

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Tom Paradis

David Hume

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Sunrise on the Reaping No more implicit submission for you, Haymitch Abernathy. Plutarch Heavensbee (SOR 197) It appears that Collins’ fundamental message in her second prequel can be boiled down to two words: implicit submission. This concept first appears in… Continue Reading “Unpacking David Hume’s “Implicit Submission”: How He Might Critique Songbirds and Snakes and the Social Contract”

Category: Enlightenment Thinkers, Sunrise on the Reaping, The Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesTags: Ampert Latier, ballad of songbirds and snakes, David Hume, Haymitch Abernathy, Hunger Games prequels, Implicit Submission, Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins