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Examples Of Greed In Children Of Blood And Bone

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Greed often leads to despair in Children Of Blood And Bone Often in literature, people's wants and differences may cause hatred towards each other. Which can often cause war. In Children Of Blood And Bone, Tomi Adeyemi uses imagery, foreshadowing, and allegory to explore the theme of how greed often leads to despair. In the book Children Of Blood And Bone, imagery is used in various different ways in order for us as readers to be in touch with the book. For example, "when Mama was around, the hut always smelled of jollof rice" (Adeyemi,1). The protagonist, Zélie says this as she remembers her mom. Her mom had been killed in front of Zélie for being a diviner. The fact that Zélie lost her mom when she was young, the olfactory Imagery of food brings back nostalgic childhood memories. This imagery also carries out throughout the book, when Zélie enters diviner camp and the smell of fried plantain and Jollof rice instantly makes her feel at home, or when Zélie embraces her mother in the afterlife she mentions her smelling like the mixtures she brewed in her Jollof rice. This imagery in Children Of Blood And Bone gives us a chance to remember Mama as we don't see her in the book much. …show more content…

For example, "mustn't tolerate those who get in [his] way… Especially those who know too much" (Adeyemi, 15). This is what Admiral Kaea tells Inan as she kills a merchant who has heard too much about the runaway princess. Later in the book, Inan kills Kaea as she threatens to reveal his secret. Another instance where foreshadowing is used is when Mama Agba gets her magic back and is seeing a vision, "...Three silhouettes on a mountainous hill" (Adeyemi, 91). Mama Agba seeing this vision was the future for Zélie, Amari, and Tzain. Later in the book the three of them go on a quest to bring back magic and are located on a

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