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Chapter 22
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Akata Witch, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Identity and Belonging
The Individual vs. the Collective
Friendship and Teamwork
Education, Power, and Corruption
Summary
Analysis
The rains are finally over, and Sunny is back in Lamb school. At lunch, Orlu lets Sunny know that Anatov will probably give them a few weeks before they have another lesson. However, he notes that they’ll all be working with their mentors individually. He shares that Chichi and Sasha are going to start working toward the second level, even though they’re too young—but he acknowledges that nobody knows how old Chichi actually is. Sunny asks if Orlu is going to do the same, and he shrugs—there are major consequences if one fails. He asks if Sunny is going to try, and she scoffs that she doesn’t remember what the second level is called. Sunny sighs that having two lives feels strange, but Orlu says it’s better to have two lives than none. Sunny laughs.
Having triumphed over Black Hat and learned more about her own identity, Sunny feels more secure in the Lamb world and in the Leopard world. She still has a lot to learn, since she can’t recall what the second level is called. But Orlu also implies that he and Sunny have plenty of time to start moving in that direction—they’re not old enough yet anyway. And Sunny may feel pretty secure, but this doesn’t make it feel less strange to essentially have two identities. Her friends, Orlu seems to suggest, are what makes having two lives worth it.
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