Hunger Games Theories

By Kaia Lee and Jane Mackin

With the new Sunrise on the Reaping Movie coming out (we are beyond excited for it!!!!!!!), we decided to write an article showcasing and rating readers/viewers’ theories about The Hunger Games. If you are huge fans like us, are interested in The Hunger Games, or want to learn more about the franchise before the new movie comes out, we would encourage you to keep reading. Hopefully, after reading this, you will be convinced that The Hunger Games is the best series of all time.

  1. Cato and Clove were the real star-crossed lovers

10/10

We fully believe this theory! We support this theory because in the first book, The Hunger Games, they changed the games, allowing two tributes from the same district to both become victors. We believe it was actually meant for Cato and Clove instead of Peeta and Katniss, making them the true star-crossed lovers.

  1. The reason Prim was reaped was that President Snow knew that Katniss was sneaking into the woods to hunt, and knew that Katniss would volunteer for her.

7/10

This theory seems very plausible, as Snow has surveillance all over District 12. He is also very calculating, and this doesn’t seem out of character for him. This theory seems a bit irrelevant, though, and doesn’t change the story too much.

  1. Gale was better for Katniss, and they should have ended up together (Yes, this isn’t really a theory)

-1000000000000000000000000/10

NOPE NOPE NOPE

  1. The mutts in the arena during Katniss’s first Hunger Games were programmed to target Cato.

7.5/10

This theory makes a lot of sense because the mutts were really only going after Cato. It makes sense that Snow would want the star-crossed lovers to have to kill each other in the end; this would also be better entertainment for the Capitol.

  1. Snow put Lucy Gray’s body in the bag; he sank into the lake, not just the guns.

100/10

This makes total sense and was really mind-blowing when we saw this theory on TikTok. Snow, at this point, had already gone crazy and was likely tricking himself into thinking Lucy Gray was still alive and was hallucinating.