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Chapter Eighty-Five
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
Zélie open her eyes and realizes that she’s at sea with Amari, Tzain, and Roën. She asks if they were successful in bringing magic back. Everyone is silent, and she takes their silence to mean no. But Amari shakes her head and holds out a hand swirling with magic. Her hair now has a white streak through it.
If the ceremony converted non-divîners to divîners, it will have major implications for the society of Orïsha. If everyone has magic, it may mean that there are fewer power imbalances, shepherding in an end to the cycles of violence. On the other hand, it also means that everyone will have the power to use their magic to commit violence, and will have to personally determine what to do with that power. It will also complicate the social stratification of Orïsha, possibly creating a more level playing field in which divîners are not distinguishable from everyone else. But for the same reason, it may simply excite more conflict.
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