chapter 22- Amari
I pause for a moment, aghast at the number of them filling the narrow path.
Before today, I caught only glimpses of the laborers brought in to staff the
palace—always pleasant, clean, groomed to Mother’s satisfaction. Like Binta, I
thought they lived simple lives, safe within the palace walls. I never considered
where they came from, where else they might have ended up,
“Skies…” It’s almost too hard to bear the sight. Mostly diviners, the laborers
outnumber the villagers by hordes, dressed in nothing but tattered rags. Their
dark skin blisters under the scorching sun, marred by the dirt and sand
seemingly burned into their beings. Each is hardly more than a walking
skeleton.
chapter 23- Zelie
Metal gates fly open on the sides of the arena floor, and an endless flow of
water rushes in. This has to be a mirage. Yet liter after liter flows in. The water
covers the metal ground, crashing with the expanse of a sea.
“How is this possible?” I hiss under my breath, remembering the laborers no
more than skin and bone. So many dying for water and they waste it on this?
chapter 26- inan
“How long?” she breathes. “How long have you been a maji?”
She hisses the word like it’s a curse. Like I’m the spitting image of Lekan. Not
the boy she’s known since birth. The soldier she’s trained for years.
“The girl infected me. It’s not permanent.”
“You’re lying.” Her lips peel back in disgust. “Are you…are you working with
her?”
“No! I was looking for clues!” I step forward. “I know where she is–”
“Stay back!” Kaea screams. I freeze, hands in the air. There’s no recognition in
her eyes.
Only unbridled fear.
This is related, to finding out what you really are without even knowing. The truth, if you thought you were Samoan your whole life, but found out that you were really Hawaiian. You were adopted because your mother didn't expect. To have you and toss you away into the sea and that were you found some people took you in. Rises you to the person you are today.
being infected by a poison or a disease and others and keeping aware of you. Not being able to accept who you really are, because of what you have done regretting every single part of it. Will they accept you now if they found out the truth including family.
chapter 28- Amari Be brave, Amari.
This time I hold onto Binta’s words, wrapping them around my body like a suit
of armor. I can be brave.
For me it's like someone is telling you a juicy secret. You couldn't tell anyone because it was only meant only for your ears. Someone important to you died and you remember the quote [say's], that he always told you. You keep it close to your heart. Pushing you out of your comfort zone to different kinds of limits.
chapter 33- Zelie.
Gods help us. I close my eyes, trying to drown the tragedy out. Through it all,
the cheers never stop. The praise never ends. As we stand on the platform, the
crowd rejoices as if there’s a reason to celebrate this bloodbath.
Beside me, Tzain holds me close; he hasn’t really let go since he carried me
from the ship. He keeps his expression vacant, but I can sense his remorse.
Though the competitor in him has prevailed, we’re still covered in the blood of
those who have fallen. We may have triumphed, but this is no victory.
This part of the book, remind me of the movie divergent. Beatrice prior and Roth was the main character in the movie. It was showing us that they are not only fighting for themselves but all the people standing behind them [supporting]. Finally taking down ------ and achieving their life time goal.
chapter 36- Zelie
“Those are father’s words, Inan. His decisions. Not yours. We are our own
people. We make our own choices.”
“But he’s right.” Inan’s voice cracks. “If we don’t stop magic, Orïsha will fall.”
His eyes return to me, and I tighten my grip on my staff. Try it, I want to bark.
I’m done running away.
Amari redirects Inan’s line of vision, her delicate hands cupping the back of his
head.
“Father is not the future of Orïsha, brother. We are. We stand on the right side
of this. You can stand there, too.”
Inan stares at Amari, and for a moment I don’t know who he is. The ruthless
captain; the little prince; the scared and broken maji? There’s a longing in his
eyes, a desire to give up the fight. But when he lifts his chin, the killer I know
comes back.
Sometime you have to make choices that other people don't agree with, but you know that you are making the right choice. To take a stand and example of this will be that memory don't me to go home but I have to go home, I continue to go home because I know that's what is right.
chapter 39- Inan
My hand shakes. The moment to kill still hangs between us. Yet I can’t bring
myself to move.
Not when all I see is the scared and broken girl.
It’s like seeing her for the first time: the human behind the maji. Fear
embedded in the pain. Tragedy caused in Father’s name.
Father…
The truth sears, a bitter liquor burning down my throat.
Zélie’s memories don’t hold the villains Father always warned of. Only families
he tore apart.
A family having an argument disagree what is good for the family. Being a part from your family taken away. Fearing that what she has been scared have will come true will happen. Not wanting to known for what her father has done.
chapter 41- Inan
Looking at Zélie, I finally have the answer to the question I was too afraid to
ask. I cannot be like Father.
I will not be that type of king.
I let go of her wrists, but inside I let go of so much more. Father’s tactics. His
Orïsha. 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 Orïsha. A
new Orïsha.
A land in which a prince and a maji could coexist. A land where even Zélie and
I could be a “we.”
If I am to truly fulfill my duty to my kingdom, that is the Orïsha I must lead.
You don't have to become your father, but you could be someone better not only. Accepting certain people but all. Also stop for a minute and look from their point of view. Seeing what they have been through.
chapter 49- amari
taking a stand when someone is in need for example you. if you see someone that being bullied don't be a by stander stand up for them cause something wonderful could happen to you once in your life. Come out of your comfort zoon and explore different limits that you couldn't even known you could achieve. Become a lionar not a cub you could do this if you tried like realzzzzzzzz.