Mayor Lipp is the mayor of District 12. He has one daughter, Mayfair. At the reaping, he hits Lucy Gray across the face after Lucy Gray puts a snake down Mayfair’s dress. He continues to torment and threaten Lucy Gray once Lucy Gray returns after the games, especially after Mayfair is murdered—he believes (incorrectly) that Lucy Gray murdered her. His threats cause Lucy Gray to decide to run away.
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Mayor Lipp Character Timeline in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The timeline below shows where the character Mayor Lipp appears in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
...war reparation. Then, the footage cuts to District 12. On a makeshift stage, the mayor, Mayor Lipp , pulls a slip from a burlap sack and announces that District 12’s girl tribute...
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Mayor Lipp races for the girl, who’s his daughter, Mayfair. As he reaches Mayfair, a green snake...
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...the Peacekeepers who took the mayor away return and take the mic from her. Then, Mayor Lipp draws the District 12 boy, Jessup Diggs. The camera cuts to the reapings in the...
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Chapter 22
...the field, all of them covered in coal soot. Then, three vehicles drive up with Mayor Lipp and his family, Commander Hoff and other officers, and finally guards and the prisoner. Coriolanus...
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Chapter 24
...and Mayfair slips inside. The officers decide not to tell her parents she was out— Mayor Lipp will no doubt lecture them.
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Chapter 25
...Taupe holds her to a different standard. She explains that she sent Billy Taupe to Mayor Lipp ’s house to earn money giving Mayfair piano lessons, and not long after, the mayor...
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Chapter 28
...he stays quiet. Over the next few days, the base loses interest in the murders. Mayor Lipp pitches a fit, but nobody is sympathetic. So by Tuesday, Coriolanus is feeling fantastic. He...
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Chapter 29
...and suggests that Spruce outed Sejanus. She thanks him for killing Mayfair—but then says that Mayor Lipp won’t leave her alone, as he’s sure Lucy Gray killed Mayfair and Billy Taupe. He’s...
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Epilogue
...anyone; nobody knows where she went and according to a letter from Smiley, people think Mayor Lipp killed her. Smiley also wrote that there’s a new commander, and he’s outlawed shows at...
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