Catching Fire

by

Suzanne Collins

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Plutarch Heavensbee Character Analysis

The current Head Gamemaker, Plutarch initially strikes Katniss as a vain, superficial, and heavily sadistic man—in other words, the perfect Head Gamemaker. Only in the novel’s final pages is it revealed that Plutarch is secretly a rebel, using his influential government position to tamper with the Hunger Games and free Katniss and Peeta. Ultimately, Plutarch remains a mystery: it’s not clear how much of his personality is “for show” to disguise his rebel allegiances, and how much of it is, in fact, his true self.

Plutarch Heavensbee Quotes in Catching Fire

The Catching Fire quotes below are all either spoken by Plutarch Heavensbee or refer to Plutarch Heavensbee. 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:
Symbols and Interpretations Theme Icon
).
Chapter 6 Quotes

There was something strange about it. Almost clandestine. But why? Maybe he thinks someone else will steal his idea of putting a disappearing mockingjay on a watch face. Yes, he probably paid a fortune for it, and now he can’t show it to anyone, because he’s afraid someone will make a cheap, knockoff version. Only in the Capitol.

Related Characters: Katniss Everdeen (speaker), Plutarch Heavensbee
Related Symbols: Mockingjay
Page Number: 83
Explanation and Analysis:
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Plutarch Heavensbee Quotes in Catching Fire

The Catching Fire quotes below are all either spoken by Plutarch Heavensbee or refer to Plutarch Heavensbee. 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:
Symbols and Interpretations Theme Icon
).
Chapter 6 Quotes

There was something strange about it. Almost clandestine. But why? Maybe he thinks someone else will steal his idea of putting a disappearing mockingjay on a watch face. Yes, he probably paid a fortune for it, and now he can’t show it to anyone, because he’s afraid someone will make a cheap, knockoff version. Only in the Capitol.

Related Characters: Katniss Everdeen (speaker), Plutarch Heavensbee
Related Symbols: Mockingjay
Page Number: 83
Explanation and Analysis: