Peacekeeper Term Analysis

...performer. When Mayor Lipp returns to the stage, he strikes Lucy Gray in the face. Peacekeepers haul him off the stage, and the camera focuses on Lucy Gray. She’s wearing makeup—an... (full context)

...mic, and picks up the song. Lucy Gray is clearly a born performer, and the Peacekeepers let her sing and swish across the stage. At the end of her song, the... (full context)

...passenger cars—they’re cargo cars. To Coriolanus’s surprise, there are people inside. After about a half-hour, Peacekeepers saunter over, open the first car’s door, and shout for everyone inside to move. Barefoot... (full context)

...on TV, but the stench of the dirty livestock cars is unexpected. He’s repulsed. The Peacekeeper moves to the second car and first Jessup, then Lucy Gray Baird, climb out. As... (full context)

Coriolanus says his job is to take care of Lucy Gray as the Peacekeepers toss two small children onto the platform, breaking the girl’s tooth. Lucy Gray saunters away,... (full context)

...really District 12; she’s a Covey, a musician, and the Covey used to travel everywhere. Peacekeepers just forced them to stay in District 12. Lucy Gray says the dress was her... (full context)

Just then, doors open in the back of the monkey house and Peacekeepers head straight for Coriolanus. Coriolanus tells the camera to come visit Lucy Gray Baird at... (full context)

...24 tables with folding chairs, labeled with a district and the sex of the tribute. Peacekeepers usher the tributes in and shackle them to concrete weights. Some of the tributes eye... (full context)

...for Arachne and calls for a medic. The District 10 girl grabs the sandwich as Peacekeepers shoot her multiple times. The crowd panics and runs, trampling some people. Arachne dies in... (full context)

...proposal, he walks it to the Citadel, where he figures Dr. Gaul has her office. Peacekeepers promise to get it to her desk. As Coriolanus walks home, screens on the streets... (full context)

...person Coriolanus wants to talk to is Lucy Gray; she’s clever and won’t repeat anything. Peacekeepers at the zoo gates contact Dr. Gaul and get permission to let Coriolanus in. Rats... (full context)

...wishes she had a guitar, so Coriolanus agrees to try to find her one. The Peacekeeper says it’s time to go as Lucy Gray pulls herself up. She says it’s wonderful... (full context)

...of the rebel war. As drums beat, the funeral procession comes around the corner. Behind Peacekeepers comes a flatbed truck with a crane on it—and the District 10 girl’s body hangs... (full context)

Peacekeepers open the lobby doors and lead the mentors and tributes through the lobby. They stop... (full context)

Peacekeepers lead the mentors and tributes through a dark passageway. Coriolanus takes the opportunity to slip... (full context)

...Lucy Gray she’ll be helped as the medics lift him onto a stretcher—but instead, a Peacekeeper hits her with a rifle and forces her to her stomach. An ambulance takes Coriolanus... (full context)

...her cousin Maude Ivory will no doubt memorize the song after only hearing it once. Peacekeepers come to escort Lucy Gray away. Coriolanus is annoyed; he’s the star and Lucy Gray... (full context)

...she kisses him. Coriolanus finally understands what people talk about when they talk about love. Peacekeepers usher Lucy Gray away as Coriolanus wonders if he broke a rule by suggesting she... (full context)

...arena, and Coriolanus leads Ma to a news van with Dr. Gaul, Dean Highbottom, and Peacekeepers around it. Though Dr. Gaul asks Coriolanus for ideas on how to get Sejanus out,... (full context)

Peacekeepers usher Coriolanus to the main entrance, which the bombs mostly destroyed. They move through the... (full context)

...into a concrete slab, and he feels concussed. Sejanus leads Coriolanus to the turnstiles. The Peacekeepers don’t protect Sejanus and Coriolanus as the tributes throw bricks and weapons at the boys.... (full context)

Coriolanus spits angrily at the Peacekeepers and almost falls over. The Peacekeepers march him outside and deposit him near the news... (full context)

...a handkerchief, and Coriolanus’s mother’s compact. Five minutes later, Coriolanus signs up to be a Peacekeeper. (full context)

...car, struggling to sleep as the train moves through District Nine. He recalls that the Peacekeepers’ recruiting officer seemed not to know who he was—and didn’t make a fuss when Coriolanus... (full context)

...and Grandma’am everything, including that he’d leave tomorrow. Coriolanus knew he’d never see Grandma’am again; Peacekeepers serve for 20 years. Tigris helped him fill a small box with mementos, insisted the... (full context)

...As Coriolanus gets to know his bunkmates, he’s shocked that they’re mostly district. Smiley insists Peacekeeping is a good job—and he notes that he’s not policing “his own people,” as he’s... (full context)

On Friday morning, things are tense. Apparently, a month earlier, a Peacekeeper and two mine bosses died in an explosion. The man responsible has been apprehended, and... (full context)

...trapdoors. When a recruit asks, the major says they’re hanging “some malcontent” named Arlo. The Peacekeepers arrange themselves around the platform. Coriolanus watches people fill the field, all of them covered... (full context)

...jabberjays, like he saw in Dr. Gaul’s lab. The refrain changes and becomes musical as Peacekeepers haul Lil away. A soldier in front of Coriolanus mutters “Mockingjays, stinking mutts,” making Coriolanus... (full context)

...her guitar. She makes the audience laugh and accepts a bottle of moonshine from a Peacekeeper. Then, she breaks into an upbeat song. Coriolanus is shocked: she’s so happy and so... (full context)

...Clerk Carmine (who looks like he might be a brother) to come with him. A Peacekeeper puts a hand on Billy Taupe’s arm—and Billy Taupe shoves him. The lights go out... (full context)

Lucy Gray never appears out front, though Peacekeepers march Mayfair Lipp out of the Hob. Sejanus, Coriolanus, and four others are tasked with... (full context)

...Coriolanus doesn’t tell his fellows, as he doesn’t know if the Covey might object to Peacekeepers dealing with Billy Taupe. He figures, though, that Lucy Gray was referring to his relationship... (full context)

...the handkerchief into the snake tank. That, he says, is why he’s here as a Peacekeeper. Lucy Gray suggests they each owe the other their lives, and that they’re meant to... (full context)

...Sejanus says Dr. Gaul thinks he has. She didn’t want to let him join the Peacekeepers and insisted that unlike Coriolanus, who’d just cheated, he’d engaged in “a treasonous act of... (full context)

...assignment on chaos, control, and contract. He describes the tension between the citizens here and Peacekeepers, and the brawl at the Hob. Coriolanus insists he’s not convinced people are as violent... (full context)

...dinner, Coriolanus has his first hour of guard duty at an air hangar. The old Peacekeeper he’s paired with goes to sleep, so Coriolanus has nothing to do but think of... (full context)

...Lucy Gray says her daddy thought the same—and he died because of that. Knowing a Peacekeeper probably killed her daddy, Coriolanus spits that a rebel sniper killed his father. (full context)

...group is at the Hob. Coriolanus leaves immediately to fetch Sejanus—they can’t be alone, as Peacekeepers. At the Hob, Coriolanus sees Sejanus at a woman’s weapons counter. He insists he’s buying... (full context)

...says they’re going to arrest him at some point. Sejanus insists he can’t be a Peacekeeper in good conscience, and he’ll live well out there since he’s a good shot. This... (full context)

...that the bodies were brought to the base clinic last night and says that the Peacekeepers are certain Mayfair and “the musician” were killed by someone local, given the murder weapons.... (full context)

...be fine. Strabo Plinth will come rescue Sejanus—but this also isn’t school, and the young Peacekeepers aren’t kids. Coriolanus sends a note to Ma suggesting Strabo check in on his son.... (full context)

...unusually large and volatile, but Coriolanus understands why when Sejanus and Lil emerge from a Peacekeeper van. Lil and Sejanus look like small “innocent children” as Peacekeepers haul them to the... (full context)

...the mess hall serves an elegant meal in honor of Commander Hoff’s birthday. Then, the Peacekeepers gather in the gym for whisky and music—the Covey are going to play. Coriolanus grabs... (full context)

...the Capitol. The attendant shoos him off; she has orders to leave him here. A Peacekeeper drives Coriolanus to the Citadel—Coriolanus is certain he’s going to be implicated for the murders.... (full context)

It’s October. Snow is now wildly popular after his stint with the Peacekeepers. He’s been taking honors classes on military strategy with Dr. Gaul, and he has an... (full context)