Songbirds, Snakes, Psychopaths: How Narcissists Pursue Love and Power In The Hunger Games

From the newly released prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes to The Mockingjay, both the Hunger Games movies and books have captivated modern audiences who often recognize chilling parallels between Suzanne Collins’ dystopian world to real life events. Panem may be a fictional world, but it grants us devastating insights into the ways love, revolution, resistance, and war play out in real life. In the books, Snow’s love is not about genuine care or empathy – as for most narcissistic or psychopathic people, it is about loyalty, ownership, and possession.