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Ripper was a one-armed woman who lived in District 12 and sold white liquor at the Hob.[1][2]

Biography[]

Ripper was a coal miner who lost her arm in a mine accident, but was smart enough to find another way to survive— presumably referring to her making money by selling white liquor at the Hob. Two of her biggest customers were District 12's second victor Haymitch Abernathy,[1] and the Head Peacekeeper, Cray.[2]

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Ripper dealing with Katniss in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

After Katniss Everdeen won the 74th Hunger Games and moved to the Victors' Village, she bought liquor from Ripper that she could stockpile on Haymitch's behalf, preventing him from going into withdrawals.[2]

Ripper lost her place of business when Peacekeepers were ordered by Romulus Thread to burn down the Hob.[3] With the replacement of Cray with Thread, she lost him as a customer, and she later lost Katniss and Haymitch's service as well because Peeta Mellark forbade her from selling them liquor ahead of the third Quarter Quell.[4]

She may have been killed in the bombing of District 12, since she was not mentioned among the refugees in District 13.[5]

Etymology[]

Ripper may have been named after a coal mining term, specifically "men who remove the rock above the coal seam and set rings (arches) to raise the height of the gate or road as the coal face advances".

Trivia[]

  • In The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Ripper was portrayed with both her arms instead of one.[6]
  • In Catching Fire, she and other Hob regulars were smart enough to stay away when Thread ordered it to be burned, so they weren't caught up in the blaze. This event occurred in the weeks after Gale Hawthorne's whipping.[3] However, in the film, Katniss had to rescue Ripper from Peacekeepers and briefly treat her injuries before arriving at the town square, where Gale was being whipped.[6]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Hunger Games, Chapter 4
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Catching Fire, Chapter 1
  3. 3.0 3.1 Catching Fire, Chapter 9
  4. Catching Fire, Chapter 13
  5. Mockingjay, Chapter 1
  6. 6.0 6.1 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
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