![]() "Bright and bubbly", despite the fact that two kids are about to be condemned to almost certain death, reinforces the impression of a superficial person. She goes on a bit about what an honor it is to be here, although everyone knows she's just aching to get bumped up to a better district where they have proper victors, not drunks who molest you in front of the entire nation. So she looks slightly ridiculous as well as sounding it.Īnd the very first time we hear her speak:īright and bubbly as ever, Effie Trinket trots to the podium and gives her signature, "Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!" Her pink hair must be a wig because her curls have shifted slightly off-center since her encounter with Haymitch. We haven't even met her yet, but already our impression of her is of a slightly ridiculous person, "maniacally upbeat" and "affected" with a voice that makes anything sound funny.Įffie Trinket, District 12's escort, fresh from the Capitol with her scary white grin, pinkish hair, and spring green suit. Besides, the Capitol accent is so affected, almost anything sounds funny in it. We have to joke about it because the alternative is to be scared out of your wits. "And may the odds - " " - be ever in your favor!" I finish with equal verve. ![]() "I almost forgot! Happy Hunger Games!" He plucks a few blackberriesįrom the bushes around us. Suddenly he falls into a Capitol accent as he mimics Effie Trinket, the maniacally upbeat woman who arrives once a year to read out the names at the leaping. Here's the very first time we hear about her: Let's compare that impression with how Effie is depicted in the books. ![]() The term trinket itself is slightly derogatory - it refers to a thing that's almost worthless, but presumably it has some worth to its owner - and therefore by extension suggests that the owner is superficial to care about it. I tend to think of the word trinket as suggesting not only small size and low value, but a small-minded owner, one who obsesses over possessions and ascribes them more value than they really have: the sort of person to whom the phrase "little things please little minds" is ideally suited. ![]()
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