Does she play DF? Because she should.
Give your sister DF.
Sadly, she cannot stomach pre-2000 graphics, let alone incredibly complex games using ASCII as "graphics".
She may have just read history books and thought of how to do it better
I don't remember how interested she was in history back then but I think she didn't read such books.
I think she just haves more common sense than your ordinary kid.
Yeah, I recognize that assassinating Snow wouldn't be immediate happy ending. But it would be huge. The whole plot of the second movie is to give the people hope and rally them to fight. I can't think of a more direct and powerful rallying cry than "Hey I just killed the highest ranking enemy." In addition to immediate weakening of the structural order of the capital, making it easier to fight against.
I think it's a valid opinion, but still I don't think it would work. Sure, you'd have "Someone killed the oppressive figure, let's rebel!" but would that be enough? IN rebellions, people need some sort of a symbol. In this case, you'd have a sole sacrificial lamb, which would be enough to inspire some people. But if you do it like they are doing it in the movies, you have a LIVING symbol, one who people are willing to follow and, most of all, listen. I think it's important in rebellions people are led by an example and to maintain the cohesiveness of rebellion, you need a strong, living example. You could speculate all the past rebellions, if they were, failed because there was an idea of rebellion present, but as they were all crushed eventually and because of that people are afraid to rebel now. Kill the Snow, yes, but what then when such "hero" dies again? Katniss is, partially unwillingly, used as a centerpiece of rebellion because she rebelled once and she still lives.
My 2c though.
I actually just watched the first one!
Why did it take 75 years for a rebellion, when the Rue girl got killed and her district rioted right then? Was it just a rebellion every year, and only the last one was successful? Because that would seem counterproductive...
My guess is there might have been past, smaller rebellions but in any case they were quickly crushed. The reason why exactly did Rue's death cause one was because, my guess again, Katniss showed more compassion than it was expected from people competing in the past. Up till then people were interested in just surviving, no time for friendship. Also, the director was stupid enough to show that burial scene, but then again Katniss did grow to become public's sweetheart so he was almost "forced" to do that.
Lord Shonus might have explained that better than me though.