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Lysistrata is one of Coriolanus’s friends. She mentors Jessup from District 12, so she and Coriolanus (whose tribute, Lucy Gray, is also from District 12) end up spending more time together than usual. Lysistrata is quiet, intelligent, and honorable. Over the course of her mentoring relationship with Jessup, Lysistrata truly comes to see him as human and ultimately comes to question whether the Hunger Games should exist at all. When it becomes clear that Jessup contracted rabies, Lysistrata helps kill him and save Lucy Gray by sending him bottles of water (rabies makes victims fear water). In her interview after Jessup’s death, she continues to insist that Jessup was a human deserving of compassion, just like people who live in the Capitol. She also stands firm and insists that Jessup contracted rabies in the Capitol and didn’t bring it from the districts. Her father is the official doctor for President Ravinstill, so Lysistrata is versed in medicine and Coriolanus sees no reason to doubt her assessment.
Lysistrata Vickers Quotes in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes quotes below are all either spoken by Lysistrata Vickers or refer to Lysistrata Vickers. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 13
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“My cousin said to remember this isn’t of our making. That we’re still children, too.”
“That doesn’t help, somehow. Being used like this,” said Lysistrata sadly. “Especially when three of us are dead.”
Used? Coriolanus had not thought of being a mentor as anything but an honor. A way to serve the Capitol and perhaps gain a little glory. But she had a point. If the cause wasn’t honorable, how could it be an honor to participate in it? He felt confused, then manipulated, then undefended. As if he were more a tribute than a mentor.
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Lysistrata Vickers Quotes in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes quotes below are all either spoken by Lysistrata Vickers or refer to Lysistrata Vickers. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 13
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“My cousin said to remember this isn’t of our making. That we’re still children, too.”
“That doesn’t help, somehow. Being used like this,” said Lysistrata sadly. “Especially when three of us are dead.”
Used? Coriolanus had not thought of being a mentor as anything but an honor. A way to serve the Capitol and perhaps gain a little glory. But she had a point. If the cause wasn’t honorable, how could it be an honor to participate in it? He felt confused, then manipulated, then undefended. As if he were more a tribute than a mentor.
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