Essay question: 1. Describe at least one memorable idea in the text.
Explain how the text helped you to understand this idea.
Essay:
Is it ok to be judged by someone about your culture/family? In Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, this idea shown in Chapter 79, 64 and 41. In the novel, there’s a conflict between the Maji. They hate other groups so much, they don’t see this each other as individuals. This novel and Tarzan movie are quite similar where the apes and the human don’t take time to understand each other.
It is interesting to think about how Zelie became an empty “ shell “ after saran tortured her. After talking with King saran on the boat, Inan became a shell. Also, Inan’s amber eyes trap me in the truth of his betrayal, but it isn’t the gaze I know. He’s a stranger. A soldier. The shell of the little prince.
Zelie and Inan have lost a part of themselves because of king saran. Zelie performs the ritual, which seems to give magic back to everyone and my duty has to be keeping orisha alive he said. But the creed rings hollow, carving a hole inside me like the knife that carved through Zelie's back.
Looking at Zelie, she finally has the answer to the questions I was too afraid to ask. I cannot be like Father. I will not be that type of king. I let go of her wrist, but inside I let go of so much more. Father’s tactics. His Orisha. Everything I now realize I don’t want to be. My duty has always been to my kingdom, but it must be for a better Orisha. A new Orisha.
