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Merrilee Undersee (née Donner) was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donner. She was Maysilee Donner's twin sister who was one of the female tributes for District 12 in the 50th Hunger Games. She was Mayor Undersee's wife and Madge Undersee's mother. She lived in District 12 with her family.
Biography[]
When Merrilee was younger, her twin sister Maysilee Donner was selected as a tribute for the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell. After Maysilee's death during the Games, Merrilee was never the same afterwards, suffering from massive headaches in her adulthood that caused her to lie in bed all day.[2] Her daughter, Madge, passed on this information to Katniss Everdeen, and when Katniss asked why they didn't get medicines from the Capitol, Madge responded that even the mayor had his restrictions.[3] After Gale Hawthorne was whipped, Madge asked her mother if she could bring some of her medicine to him and took it to the Everdeens' home, where Gale lay recovering.[4]
Merrilee was close friends with Asterid Everdeen when they were children.
Merrilee, her husband, and Madge, as well as the two people who worked for them, did not survive the bombing of District 12.[5]
Relationships[]
Family[]
Merrilee's husband was the mayor of District 12. She had one daughter, Madge. She also had a twin sister named Maysilee, who died in the 50th Hunger Games after being attacked by a large number of bright, candy pink birds. Merrilee attended her twin's funeral alongside their mother and father.
Trivia[]
- Merrilee and Maysilee Donner are the only confirmed pair of twins in the trilogy.
- Leeg 1 and Leeg 2, despite being played by identical twin actresses in Mockingjay - Part 2, are not explicitly referred to as twins in the book, though it is mentioned they look so similar in uniform that others can't tell them apart.
- Pollux and Castor are also described as having a strong physical resemblance to one another, and their names refer to a pair of mythological Greek twins, but they are not explicitly confirmed to be twins in the text.
- On her and Maysilee Donner's 13th birthday, their father gave them pure gold pins, previously owned by his mother and fashioned by Tam Amber. Merrilee recieved a gold hummingbird pin.[6]
- Her twin sister Maysilee Donner would often match outfits with her, including during the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sunrise on the Reaping, Chapter 1
- ↑ Catching Fire, Chapter 14
- ↑ Catching Fire, Chapter 6
- ↑ Catching Fire, Chapter 8
- ↑ Mockingjay, Chapter 27
- ↑ Sunrise on the Reaping, Chapter 4