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Summary

• Coriolanus Snow is living in poverty, but he maintains appearances to hide this fact.
• To prepare for the reaping ceremony, he consumes a humble meal of cabbage soup to silent his hunger.
• His concern is primarily on his apparel; he frets over a shirt from his father's better days, which is now tattered and stained.
• His cousin Tigris is resourceful and managed to revamp the old shirt, now missing.
• The Snow family struggles with finances, selling possessions over the years and living in a damaged penthouse apartment.
• Coriolanus recalls his grandmother's pride in their city and their past resilience during war.
• He contemplates his and Tigris's future, dependent on securing good positions in society.
• Tigris miraculously returns with the shirt, now elegantly restored.
• Coriolanus rushes to prepare for the reaping ceremony and dons the revitalized shirt.
• He is grateful for his polished appearance, attributing it to Tigris's hard work.
• Despite their fall from grace, the Snow family maintains traditions, such as wearing his grandmother's rose and displaying past grandeur.
• Coriolanus's journey to the Academy highlights the city's reconstruction and his longing for recognition.
• As he arrives, he shares a brief exchange with an affluent, recently-migrated student, Sejanus Plinth.
• Coriolanus deals with his insecurities and fears, especially regarding new taxes that might affect his family.
• A mentor for the Hunger Games could help him earn a prize to afford university tuition.
• At the mentor assignment ceremony, Coriolanus is given the undesirable District 12 girl as his mentee.