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Mockingjay and Part 1: Book to Film

District 13 makes Katniss its Mockingjay while the Capitol uses the captured Peeta against her.

Last reviewed: 2026-08-08

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Relationship
Direct adaptation
Source book
Mockingjay (2010)
Screen work
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
Story family
Mockingjay on screen

Adaptation family

Mockingjay on screen

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Suzanne Collins's final Hunger Games novel was divided into two films, separating the propaganda struggle from the assault on the Capitol.

This map covers the related screen works currently supported by PlotGeeks, rather than every adaptation ever made.

  1. Source book | 2010MockingjayView book explainer →
  2. 2014 | Feature filmThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1Adapted from | Francis Lawrence

    Part 1 expands District 13 and the propaganda campaign, ending with Peeta's rescue and violent conditioning.

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  3. 2015 | Feature filmThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2Continues | Francis Lawrence

    Part 2 carries the remaining novel through the Capitol campaign, Prim's death, Coin's execution, and Katniss's recovery.

    View film explainer →Compare with the book

Why read this explainer

Compare the novel's complete war story with the first film's stopping point. Peeta's rescue and hijacking leave a personal conflict unresolved alongside the still-unfinished rebellion.

PlotGeeks note

Ending at the rescue returns Peeta to Katniss with their relationship deliberately damaged. Splitting the novel here makes that encounter an endpoint rather than a stage within the complete war story.

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At a glance

Book and film, fast

Same coreWhat both versions keep

District 13 makes Katniss its Mockingjay while the Capitol uses the captured Peeta against her.

Biggest changeOne war novel becomes an unfinished first film

Part 1 expands the propaganda campaign and makes Peeta's hijacking the endpoint of a deliberately incomplete war story.

CompressionWhat the film has to condense

The first film covers only part of the novel's war story.

Ending shiftPeeta's rescue becomes a stopping point

Part 1 ends with the damage to Peeta exposed rather than continuing to the novel's final resolution.

Start hereRead first, then watch the film

Read first for the complete account of propaganda, rescue, and war. Part 1 stops at Peeta's hijacking, so its ending is an interruption within that larger story.

Closer comparison

Book and film side by side

Change 01

One war novel becomes an unfinished first film

In the book

The novel holds propaganda, rescue, war, and the assault on the Capitol inside one continuous account of Katniss's damage.

In the film

Part 1 expands the propaganda campaign and makes Peeta's hijacking the endpoint of a deliberately incomplete war story.

Change 02

Propaganda receives more screen time

In the book

Katniss's narration connects her role as a symbol to the rescue and the later war.

In the film

Part 1 concentrates on her use in the propaganda campaign before the war can reach its conclusion.

Change 03

Peeta's rescue becomes a stopping point

In the book

At this point within the novel, Peeta's attack shows that rescue has returned his body without restoring the relationship Katniss hoped to save.

In the film

Part 1 ends with the damage to Peeta exposed rather than continuing to the novel's final resolution.

Source to screen

From Mockingjay to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

One war novel becomes an unfinished first film

The novel holds propaganda, rescue, war, and the assault on the Capitol inside one continuous account of Katniss's damage. Part 1 expands the propaganda campaign and makes Peeta's hijacking the endpoint of a deliberately incomplete war story.[1][2]

Peeta's rescue becomes a stopping point

At this point within the novel, Peeta's attack shows that rescue has returned his body without restoring the relationship Katniss hoped to save. Part 1 ends with the damage to Peeta exposed rather than continuing to the novel's final resolution.[1][2]

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