Chaff Mitchell

"I know Chaff by sight cause I've spent years watching him pass a bottle back and forth with Haymitch on television."

- Katniss about Chaff

Chaff was the male tribute for District 11 who participated in the 75th Hunger Games and was the victor of the 45th Hunger Games. After winning the 45th Hunger Games, and losing his hand during the process, he refused to receive a prosthetic replacement from the Capitol doctors.

Biography
Being a previous victor, Chaff was reaped for the 75th Hunger Games (3rd Quarter Quell). Along with Beetee, Wiress, Finnick, Mags, Johanna, Seeder, Woof, Cecelia, Blight and the Morphlings, all were part of the rebellion and were instructed by Haymitch Abernathy to try their best to find Katniss and Peeta. Also to make sure they both lived after they were reaped during the 75th Hunger Games, a Quarter Quell. He was one of the few tributes who knew about the plan to get Katniss out of the arena, to District 13.

The Games
During the parade around the Capitol, Chaff and Seeder rode around and after when all the tributes were together, Chaff gave Katniss a kiss on her lips which surprised her and she pushed him away. Chaff and Haymitch laughed at her reaction. They were good friends and seemingly both alcoholics.

During training, Chaff and Peeta became close and talked quite often during training,they train together with Brutus at the trowing spears stand, and had lunch together.

During Chaff's interview with Caesar Flickerman he stated that President Snow could change the Quell if he wanted to but wouldn't because he thinks it doesn't matter to anyone. After all the interviews were finished, Chaff along with the other Victors joined hands as an act of solidarity, which Snow took as an act of outright rebellion. In the film, he wore a bronze tuxedo and pants for his interview.

Chaff survived the initial Cornucopia bloodbath, although Seeder, his district partner, was killed. He managed to escape into the jungle, where he kept in hiding.

Chaff was not seen much during the Games, most likely seeking Katniss as it was his mission to protect and rescue her so she could help the rebels defeat the Capitol. Unfortunately he could not locate either her or Peeta until the end of the 75th Games.

Physical description
"He's dark-skinned, about two meters tall, and one of his arms ends in a stump because he lost his hand in the Games he won thirty years ago."

- Katniss about Chaff

Chaff was at least six feet tall, probably as tall as Thresh, with dark skin, and had an arm that ended with a stump because he lost his hand in the 45th Hunger Games. He and Haymitch were friends, as they both turned to drinking after they won their Games. During the reaping recaps, Effie Trinket commented that "Chaff never could stay out of a fight," implying that he had volunteered as tribute. Chaff was in his mid to late forties when he died. He was killed at the very end of the 75th Hunger Games by Brutus at the free-for-all just minutes before Katniss Everdeen destroyed the force field surrounding the Arena.

Personality
Chaff seemed to be a troublemaker, as Effie implied when she said he "never could stay out of a fight." Chaff loved to laugh and was one of Haymitch's close friends, the two often drank together. Chaff joked by kissing Katniss on her lips and laughing with Haymitch at her reaction. However, he did have a soft side, shown when he was friendly and kind to Katniss and Peeta during the training sessions, also when he backed Seeder up during her interview, and when he joined hands with the other Victors at the end of the interviews without hesitation.

Film portrayal
E. Roger Mitchell portrayed Chaff in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

In the film, Chaff's image appears in the list of fallen tributes in the sky the night before the Games were ended by Katniss. How this will effect Peeta's retelling of his killing of Brutus in Mockingjay is unclear as the killing was prompted by the latter murdering Chaff.

Trivia

 * "Chaff" means husks of grasses or grains split apart during threshing.
 * Chaff was the oldest tribute to make it to the top ten in the 75th Hunger Games.

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