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Coriolanus "Coryo" Snow is a character in The Hunger Games franchise, a book series and film series. In the original book trilogy (2008–2010), President Snow is a fascist dictator who leads the counter-revolutionary movement. In the prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020), he is an ambitious, intelligent and charismatic 18-year-old. He is assigned the role of mentoring a girl competing in the tenth Hunger Games—singer Lucy Gray Baird—and forms a relationship with her. In the film adaptations, President Snow is portrayed by Donald Sutherland. He asked to be involved in the series as he believed it would engage young viewers in the politics of revolution. Tom Blyth was cast as the younger Snow in The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023): he saw the character as progressing through three stages, from naive and ambitious to the more reserved, Sutherland-like character. Roses are a symbol of the Snow family, connecting Coriolanus to his mother and grandmother. He uses roses to communicate with The Hunger Games' main character, Katniss Everdeen. His signature method of eliminating his enemies is with poison. Snow is influenced by Dr. Gaul's view of state control as a necessity to prevent disorder. He initially acts to help Lucy Gray out of self-interest but develops feelings for her. Lucy Gray bears similarities to Katniss, including their musicality, home and experience in the Hunger Games. Critics of both the book and film disapproved of the choice to center Snow in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, as it is known that he will become a villain. However, Sutherland's performance in four The Hunger Games films—which expanded the role of President Snow from the books—garnered acclaim. Sutherland was nominated for a Teen Choice Award and an MTV Movie Award. Character history Snow lives in Panem, where an elite Capitol rules over 12 Districts. Each year, a Hunger Games takes place to punish the Districts for a failed revolution, known as the Dark Days. The Games consist of a male and female Tribute from each District fighting to the death until one remains. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Snow comes from a wealthy Capitol family that lost its status in the Dark Days, where his father Crassus was killed in battle. Snow faces eviction from his penthouse apartment, along with his cousin Tigris and grandmother—who they refer to as Grandma'am. The family has sold much of their belongings and struggles to eat well. In the tenth Hunger Games, 18-year-old Snow has an opportunity as a mentor to boost his status and fund his upcoming university studies. He is assigned the female Tribute of District 12, 16-year-old Lucy Gray Baird, who shows character and performance through her singing. Snow meets her at the train station, sneaks her food and prepares her to win Capitol sponsorships so he can provide her with food and water in the arena—a new feature of the Games that he suggests. They grow close and hold hands with each other. Dr. Gaul, the Gamemaker, is interested in Snow's views on the Games and suggestions on how to increase their appeal. She forces him to enter the arena to remove another mentor—District-born Sejanus Plinth—who is protesting against the Games. While leaving with Sejanus, Snow kills a Tribute to defend himself. Snow realizes Dr. Gaul plans to let mutated snakes loose in the arena and drops a handkerchief with Lucy Gray's scent into the snakes' cage so that they do not attack her. Lucy Gray wins the Games. Dean Highbottom discovers Snow has cheated and coerces him to sign up to be a Peacekeeper, where he will enforce order in District 12. Sejanus also signs up as a Peacekeeper. Snow reunites with Lucy Gray, and they start a relationship; he attends her musical performances with her family, the Covey. He is jealous of her past with a boy, Billy, but she writes songs about Snow. After becoming caught up in a rebel plot that involves Sejanus, Snow kills a citizen with an illicit gun and provides information that leads Sejanus and a rebel to be executed. Fearing he will be executed next, he runs away in the woods with Lucy Gray. Snow discovers and destroys the last evidence of his crimes as Lucy Gray begins to distrust him over the number of people he says he has killed. He pursues her through the woods, and she leaves a snake to attack him. He shoots at her and is unsure whether she has died or escaped. He returns to Panem, where he is assigned a prestigious mentorship under Dr. Gaul. The Hunger Games trilogy In The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay, Coriolanus Snow is the president of Panem. In Catching Fire, Snow meets with Katniss Everdeen before her Victory Tour to threaten her and her loved ones. To crush anti-Capitol sentiment, Snow says Katniss must convince even him that her relationship with Peeta is real. In Mockingjay, Snow directs the Capitol's military campaign to quash the revolution in the Districts and becomes Katniss' archenemy. In the book Mockingjay, Snow is seen on television and in Katniss' imagination. Katniss demands to be the one to kill Snow in order to join the rebels' propaganda team, a moment removed from the films. She later insists on fighting in the Capitol in order to kill Snow directly. After the rebel victory, Katniss finds Snow nonetheless upbeat as he talks about the pair of them being "played for fools". Snow begins to make Katniss believe that District 13 dropped the bombs that killed her younger sister Prim. A public execution for Snow is held, where Katniss is to kill him with a bow and arrow. Instead, she shoots rebellion leader Alma Coin, leading Snow to laugh uncontrollably and die from coughing up blood. In the film adaptations, Snow has a larger role, with additional scenes shown from his point of view. In the first film, he has conversations with Head Gamemaker Seneca Crane in a rose garden. In Catching Fire, his main role is to discuss with Head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee. In Mockingjay – Part 1, a team behind him including a speech writer are introduced. In Mockingjay – Part 2, he poisons a general at a formal dinner. A deleted scene from Mockingjay – Part 1 shows Snow discussing the uprisings with Peeta and explaining Peeta's role in his propaganda campaign. It was omitted as the film is shown from Katniss' perspective. Characterization Snow takes his forename from the Roman general Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus. In William Shakespeare's play Coriolanus, the general supports aristocrats' elevated political power in society. Sarah Lyall of The New York Times compared his villainous role to Machiavelli, Nero and Richard III. His villainy as president is more overt in the films, where he resembles a James Bond villain, than in the books. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes depicts how Snow became a villain. Author Suzanne Collins thought of the William Wordsworth quote, "the child is the father of the man", when reflecting on how Snow's childhood influenced his views towards food, wome.... Discover the Suzanne Snow popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Suzanne Snow books.