In regard to Prim, I think the tragedy in Prim's death is the fact that it was so senseless. She didn't have to be there - Coin didn't need to killer - she didn't NEED to die: but she did as a result of the choices Katniss made, which, as you pointed out, is great mirroring considering EVERYTHING that Katniss has done is a result her trying to save Prim. In the end, it's the irony of life that she dies like that
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Ooooh, the thing about the names and the Capitol is an A+ point.
For weddings though, I think Finnick and Annie's wedding is another point, though. It's obviously important to him, and he's really ~changed by it. Also, Katniss says one time that she won't get married, because she doesn't want children, and the connection there kind of speaks about how 12 may see marriage.
but their "marriage" ceremony is pretty simplistic (as in what Peeta describes to the Capitol). It is interesting that Peeta emphasizes their marriage in conjunction with revealing that Katniss is pregnant - goes back to the more strict gender roles. Maybe the Capitol wouldn't have accepted a non-traditional (unmarried) family unit?
The entire meta about the Capitol with their strict gender roles and traditional morals may serve as a foil to Snow, the Games, and their treatment of Finnick.
How would the fashion styles in the Capitol play into these more defined gender roles? Almost all of the people in the Capitol are seen to be consumed with staying on top of the latest whimsical fashions, which often involve physical alterations through plastic surgery and unnatural, fantastical colors used in wigs and facial tattoos. Collins is mostly skewering our celebrity culture that prizes physical perfection, perhaps suggesting that if these virtues escalate we could end up in a culture much like the one in the Capitol. In fact, we already have reality tv shows such as Bridalplasty in which the final "prize" is plastic surgery
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I think that the fashion styles, as you mentioned, play in to the celebrity culture theme that Collins carries through all the books. The "celebrity culture" theme, tbh, is the most interesting and impacting for me
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oo and one other point. I'm not sure that egalitarian society = breakdown of gender roles in Collins's world. Examples would be Cinna and Finnick, both very Capitol characters in culture. They are, however, rebels to the Capitol. So, maybe freedom+knowledge = less defined gender roles?
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For weddings though, I think Finnick and Annie's wedding is another point, though. It's obviously important to him, and he's really ~changed by it. Also, Katniss says one time that she won't get married, because she doesn't want children, and the connection there kind of speaks about how 12 may see marriage.
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The entire meta about the Capitol with their strict gender roles and traditional morals may serve as a foil to Snow, the Games, and their treatment of Finnick.
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