Even though the theme Freedom of Speech relates strongly to adults and children, the theme Beauty of Darkness, also successfully applies to humanity of all ages as well. Darkness is assumed as evil opposite of light. However, in the novel the main character, Haroun, always thinks that dark is evil. When Haroun encounters the Shadow Warrior, he discovers the beauty of the Shadow Warrior swordsmanship, as it states:
" And his athleticism and
swordsmanship were beyond anything Haroun had ever
seen. No matter what tricks his shadow played, the warrior
was its equal. … Haroun began to think their combat as a dance of
great beauty and grace, a dance danced in perfect silence,
because the music was playing inside the dancers' heads.
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While looking at the swordsmanship, Haroun notices that the Shadow Warrior has a scary eyes since the scleras are blacks instead of whites, the irises are gray and the pupils are whites instead of blacks. Haroun knows more about the Chupwalas by observing the appearance. In the beginning of the quote, Haroun was amazed by watching the Shadow Warrior's martial dance. Haroun has learned that not every dark component is evil and bad. This quotes is very similar to a well known metaphorical phrase "don't judge a books by its cover", because Haroun, assumes that the Chupwalas are bad due to their appearance, but in reality they are not evil at all. This relates to the societies in the world. For instance, adults judge young people as immature and irresponsible because of stereotypes and media. Also, people of all ages discriminate those who are not attractive due to appearances, not the personality. As of the younger age groups, their ways of judging other is like bullying people due to ones looks, or being jealous of ones intelligence. Therefore, the theme of Beauty of Darkness does closely associate with every ages group of