Enzo’s Reviews > The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes > Status Update

CLIMAX: I think the climax in the ballad of songbirds and snakes is during the hunger games when Lucy Gray was getting hunted by Coral's team. Because the story is split into 3 parts (2 main parts) the other climax is when Coriolanus Snow gets found out for cheating and is forced to become a peacekeeper in district 12 for 20 years.

GENRE: The genre for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is Science Fiction, Dystopian, and Romance. It is science fiction because there is things like geneticaly modified snakes. It is dystopian because the districts send 2 children to fight to the death in the hunger games every year and the capitol is meant to watch it. It is romance because of Snow and Lucy Gray in love with each other.

ARCHETYPES:In the book is split into 3 parts however I can only see two archetypes. The first archetype is rags to riches. Coriolanus lived in the capitol which is better living than the districts but his actions to help Lucy Gray in the hunger games make him a peacekeeper. The second archetype is the quest. He goes to district 12 with Lucy but he only comes back with experience. Overall I think the book focuses more

INCITING INCIDENT: The inciting incident in The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes is when Coriolanus Snow was chosen as a mentor for Lucy Gray. This is when his life got more extreme as he also fell in love with Lucy Gray and didn't want her to die leading him to rig the games by cheating in order to protect Lucy Gray. This led him to forced to become a peacekeeper for district 12 so he can still see Lucy Gray.

CONFLICT: The conflict in the story, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is character vs society (PvS). I know this because Coriolanus Snow is fighting against the idea of the Hunger Games because he thinks its brutal and inhuman. I also know this because there's never a main antagonist throughout the story as the only "character" antagonist last a short time. This is why I think TBOSAS is character vs society.

TELL ME ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU READ FOR THE LAST 6 WEEKS: I am on page 313, the hunger games started and Coralinius Snow's (I think that's his name I think I spelt the first name wrong) tribute, Lucy Gray is a district 12 tribute and a girl which is the worst district to mentor, The head gamemaker genetically modified snakes and released them into the arena and Lucy Gray is sorrounded by them.