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Chapter Forty-Nine
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Children of Virtue and Vengeance, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Power and Systems of Oppression
Cycles of Violence
Tradition and History
Love vs. Duty
Summary
Analysis
Zélie shrieks at Inan, but runs back to the sanctuary. Amari collapses; she can’t believe that Inan did this. Inan insists that this wasn’t his plan and that he only told Ojore, but Amari remembers Zélie saying that Inan will only do the right thing when it’s easy. Amari knows now that Inan and Nehanda are just like Saran: monsters that need to die. Amari begins to suck Inan’s ashê and she thinks of how easy it’d be to kill him. She hears “Strike, Amari” in her head and begins to feel the ashê of other Connector tîtáns. Amari tells Inan that he’s not her brother anymore, throws him down, and sends an attack at the soldiers.
Now, Amari has to face the fact that her love for Inan clouded her judgment and led her to betray the Iyika, even if she did so unintentionally. However, when she again hears Saran’s words in her head and begins to suck Inan’s ashê—something that could kill him—it indicates that Amari may have switched sides, but she’s still a product of the abuse and training she received as a child, which taught her to prioritize duty over everything else.
Themes
