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Summary
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
An unnamed narrator recounts white-haired Mama and they joyful home they once shared. The narrator remembers when Baba was chained and dragged away, and Mama was hung and taken away.
The intensity of this memory demonstrates the haunting power of violent images and memories. Such violence is especially impactful when it is directed against loved ones. It leaves a lasting memory of fear and pain.
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