Why The Hunger Games Killed Off Finnick In Mockingjay

Finnick Odair was a popular The Hunger Games character, and the Finnick death scene in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 is one of the franchise’s most shocking moments — however, despite the controversy, there are a few reasons Finnick had to die. Finnick, played by Sam Claflin in the films based on Suzanne Collins’s YA trilogy, starts as an arrogant former Hunger Games champion from District 4 but develops into an endearing character motivated by his love for Annie Cresta (Stef Dawson) and his hatred for the oppressive Capitol. There are plenty of deaths in the Hunger Games series, but Finnick’s death is often considered one of the saddest.