Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 - 9 Easter Eggs You May Have Missed

8. Rope To Hope

One of the stand-out elements of Mockingjay is Katniss' rendition of The Hanging Tree, which provides another memorable music motif for the series. Lawrence says she was petrified of singing on set, although listening to the finished version she had little to be worried about. In keeping with the movie's themes of propoganda and altered image, the song gets butchered in the edit, with Plutarch changing one word, consequently altering the song's tone - "wear a necklace of rope," becomes "wear a necklace of hope". Going pretty meta, this isn't just part of the Rebellion's propoganda campaign, but also the film's - the officially released version on the soundtrack is the tampered version. Despite some fan bemoaning, in a practical manner it makes sense to lean on the altered version - "necklace of rope" isn't a reference to a noose, but a nod to Katniss and Prim's childhood, where they made rope necklaces. With that element absent from the movies, the change is a sensible one.