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"Don't expect much chitchat from him. The Capitol cut his tongue out years ago. And no, it wasn't any sort of rescue, if that's what you mean. We all fled on our own⁠—for this. For you."
—Cressida to Katniss Everdeen, on why her team joined the rebels.[src]

Pollux is an Avox cameraman who filmed Katniss Everdeen in District 13's propos.[1][2]

Biography[]

Prior to his appearance in Mockingjay, Pollux was turned into an Avox by the Capitol. He was subsequently enslaved and forced to work in the city's underground utility corridors and the Transfer. His brother, Castor, eventually bought Pollux's way aboveground after five long years.[3]

At some point after his liberation, Pollux began to work as a cameraman. Katniss described him and his brother as looking like insects because of the heavy mobile cameras that usually encased their bodies.[1]

When Katniss and her filming group were at the lake outside District 12, Katniss sat next to Pollux during a break. They started whistling tunes and birdcalls to mockingjays and wait for their return whistles. Pollux then wrote the word "SING?" in the dirt, asking Katniss to sing. She sang "The Hanging Tree" for him, which made him very emotional.[4] In The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, he instead tapped his lips and pointed to Katniss to convey the same idea.[5]

Pollux

His experience working underground made him very knowledgeable about the Capitol's underground, so he was able to guide Squad 451 through the passages towards President Snow's mansion.[3] After his brother and much of the squad were killed by lizard muttations,[6] Pollux hid out with the other survivors at Tigris's shop and grieved.[7] He and Cressida eventually set out on the mission with the others, but Katniss and Gale Hawthorne lost sight of them in the crowd of refugees.[8] He survived the war, and as the only surviving member of Cressida's team, Pollux joined her again in the postwar period, filming war damage in the other districts.[9]

Physical description[]

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Pollux's portrait.

Pollux is described as a burly man[1] with sandy hair, a red beard, and deep blue eyes. He resembles his brother, Castor. He has no tongue, as it was cut off when he became an Avox.[2]

Etymology[]

Castor and Pollux owe their names to twin brothers in Greek and Roman mythology. The myth states they had the same mother, Leda, but different fathers (Tyndareus and Zeus, respectively). This made Castor mortal and Pollux immortal, which is fitting because Mockingjay's Pollux lives and Castor dies.

Trivia[]

  • Pollux is the only known Avox to survive the Second Rebellion.[9]
  • In Mockingjay - Part 1, when Katniss first met Pollux and the rest of the crew, he could be seen in the background using American Sign Language with his brother. Pollux asked if he thought Katniss was beautiful, and Castor responded with a simple "yes".[5]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mockingjay, Chapter 7
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mockingjay, Chapter 8
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mockingjay, Chapter 21
  4. Mockingjay, Chapter 9
  5. 5.0 5.1 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
  6. Mockingjay, Chapter 22
  7. Mockingjay, Chapter 23
  8. Mockingjay, Chapter 24
  9. 9.0 9.1 Mockingjay, Chapter 25
  10. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
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