What does the finger sign mean in hunger games

Scouting references that are largely incidental are typically permissible. Latest Posts. Get daily updates! Download the new Scouting magazine app today. It was a three-finger sign — not unlike the one used by Scouts all over the world. Since , a similar three-finger salute has been used by Boy and Girls Scouts, representing the three parts of the scout promise: to honor God and country, help others, and obey Scout Law.

The meaning of The Hunger Games salute is likely also threefold, perhaps representing the three meanings Katniss outlines — gratitude, respect and grief. In recent years, the gesture has been adopted by protest groups, becoming a real-world symbol of democracy.

It was used after a coup in Thailand, subsequently outlawed and revived by protestors in The gesture has also become a symbol of protest in Myanmar, representing opposition to a coup. As in the fictional book series, the meaning of the salute in real-world appliation has changed over time. Jasmine Gallup is a writer for ScreenRant, covering fantasy, science fiction and superheroes. By day, Jasmine writes for a small North Carolina newspaper near her hometown of Cary. By night, she explores the depths of film and television alongside her twin sister.

By Jasmine Gallup Published Mar 20, The characters live in an unjust society where, every year, a boy and a girl from each district in Panem are chosen to compete in what basically amounts to a dystopian reality competition. Only one person out of the 24 chosen contestants will survive and win, which means this is a death sentence for many of the young people who come from the poorer districts.

Later in that movie, Katniss uses it when Rue Amandla Stenberg dies, giving the three-finger salute to the camera she knows is watching them. Spectators watching from a crowd in District 11, another poor and oppressed region, respond with their own salutes, then start a riot protesting the death of the young girl and their powerlessness in Panem.

In the book, Katniss explains the gesture when she first sees the crowd using it to salute her at the Reaping. It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love. Over the course of the series, though, the three-finger salute also — and perhaps inevitably — began to have a larger meaning.

The crowd follows suit, but enforcers make their way into the crowd and execute the man with a shot to the head.

Clearly, the salute at this point is being seen as a sign of resistance, of rebellion against the capital, and of support for justice.