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In the film, Lucy Gray is portrayed by Rachel Zegler.

Lucy Gray is a standout character in the series, and her name has an interesting origin.

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The Covey has a tradition of naming kids after a poem or a song.

Therefore,The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’protagonist was named after William Wordsworth’s 1799 poem “Lucy Gray.

However, Lucy Gray never returns home, which prompts a search to begin.

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Her footsteps are eventually found in the snow, but Lucy Gray is never found.

Therefore,the poem depicts the tragic death of a young girl.

The young girl in the poem is excited about going into town and retrieving her mother.

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel movie set 64 years before the events of the original movie with Katniss Everdeen. The film centers on a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) and shows his rise to power as the leader of Panem. Taking place during the 10th Hunger Games, Snow is tasked with mentoring Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), the tribute from District 12.

However, she is presumably overwhelmed by the snow storm, and eventually gets lost.

In the poem, Lucy Gray is sent out into the storm by her father.

Lucy Gray’s father nonchalantly sends her into the storm, not at all considering the potentially deadly consequences.

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Furthermore, Coriolanus Snow is the male authority figure in Lucy Gray’s life.

Coriolanus is part of the system that forces children to compete to the death.

Meanwhile, the poem’s Lucy Gray is unable to survive in nature and eventually perishes in the snowstorm.

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William Wordsworth’s poem “Lucy Gray” can be readhere.

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