President Snow

Coriolanus Snow
The Hunger Games trilogy character
First appearance	The Hunger Games
Last appearance	Mockingjay
Created by	Suzanne Collins
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Family	Unnamed granddaughter

President Coriolanus Snow is the main antagonist of Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games trilogy.

Character background

The Hunger Games

Main article: The Hunger Games

Snow makes a brief appearence at the end of The Hunger Games, giving Katniss and Peeta their victory crowns.

Catching Fire

Main article: Catching Fire (2009 novel)

President Snow visits Katniss at the beginning of Catching Fire, telling her that she will have to prove her love for Peeta and what happened at the end of The Hunger Games was out of love and not a threat to the Capitol. Unfortunately, she fails his inspection.

Mockingjay

Main article: Mockingjay

President Snow is the center of Katniss's target in Mockingjay, and she organizes a plan to kill him. After the Capital falls, Snow is convicted and sentenced to death. Because Katniss is the Mockingjay, she is given the opportunity to execute Snow, but she assassinates President Coin instead. In the chaos that follows, Katniss witnesses Snow laughing and coughing up blood as a crush of people surround them. When everything calmed down, Snow is found dead, either from choking on his own blood or being crushed by the crowd.

Characterization

Appearance

President Snow is a small, thin man, with paper-white hair, thick lips that seem pulled across his face. Katniss once stated that his lips smelled of roses and blood. Katniss compares his eyes to a snake's. His lips were thought to be changed,to make them more appealling.

Personality

Though laid back, President Snow is full of sadistic thoughts. He is not afraid to kill to get what he wants. In many cases, people that opposed him mysteriously dies of poisoning. He also poison himself to avoid detection, which is where the smell of blood came from.