Mockingjay pin


 * This article is about the pin. For more Mockingjay pages, see Mockingjay (disambiguation).

"It's as if someone fashioned a small golden bird and then attached a ring around it. The bird is connected to the ring only by its wing tips. I suddenly recognize it. A mockingjay."

- Katniss Everdeen



The mockingjay pin was Katniss Everdeen's tribute token in the 74th and 75th Hunger Games. It barely passed the review board because the Gamemakers thought the pinpoint could be used as a weapon. The pin was given to her by her friend, Madge Undersee, right before she went into the Games. It originally belonged to Madge's aunt, Maysilee Donner, a tribute who died in the 50th Hunger Games. This pin was a slap in the face to the Capitol, since mockingjays were created after their disastrous experiment with jabberjays.

Solid gold all around, the mockingjay pin becomes a symbol of the rebellion in Catching Fire after Katniss wins the Games by defying the Capitol. After receiving this, Katniss states that the pin could keep a family in bread for a month.

The mockingjay pin is featured on the cover of The Hunger Games.