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Chapter Fifty-Nine
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Children of Blood and Bone, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Prejudice and Inequality
Duty to Family vs. Self
Faith and Tradition
Cycles of Violence
Summary
Analysis
Tzain abruptly stops dancing with Amari, as he sees Inan kissing Zélie. When he sees Zélie kissing Inan back, Tzain storms away, gathering his belongings. He says he’s tired of cleaning up Zélie’s messes, and he’s leaving.
Tzain thinks again that Amari has selfishly chosen her own interests over the safety of herself and her family. He is tired of fighting to protect them both. He wants to strike out on his own rather than staying tethered to her and forced to grapple with her mistakes.
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Amari asks why Tzain can’t forgive Zélie this time, and he explodes. Inan destroyed their home, killing innocent people, children. Now, Zélie is forgetting that and putting them all at risk, as well. Suddenly, horns sound. The King’s men have arrived.
Not only does Inan believe that Zélie is selfishly ignoring the needs and safety of her family, but, he also points out, Inan has committed ruthless violence in the past and seems likely to do so again.
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