Chain of gold a review part 3
Chain of gold a review part 3
So I have some quotes from the book that I would like to
share with people and they are quite, illuminating, so they show a very
different side to the Shadowhunter’s world, and the world that they live in
isn’t so different from our own, it has its issues that are unique to the
shadow world. That they are born into the world and face ex-communication if
they try to escape or live apart from the world. I will share them in another post as this post is very information heavy as well and I see that the quotes them selves deserve there own posts.
This world is brutal, and we see that Tessa Gray a half Shadowhunter
half warlock is, featured much more heavily in this area. We see that she doesn’t know who her father
is but we see this explains why her son a Herondale has an ability that other
shadow hunters don’t this is the ability, to go into demonic realms, and this
is quite interesting in that the demonic realms are, complex to navigate in a
way, and only those with demon blood can access them and come back. [i]
So this explains a lot at times as well, as we see that
people can see what is happening to James Herondale, in that he is lost as a young
adult and his love Grace doesn’t love him back, we also so a great representation
of mental illness in Tatana blackwood,[ii]
so this being that she wants revenge, from the shadow hunters and the clave for
what they did to her family. She used to be a lightwood, and her ward Grace is
locked away from her peers and we see that she is unable to escape it, even if
she wants to in a way.
We also see Magnus come into the story quite late however we
see a lot more of Raynor Fell, a fellow
warlock and we start to see that Mangus is feared by warlocks and the
Shadowhunters because of his ways, these being that he doesn’t pledge allegiance
to the elders of the spiral labyrinth, they can see that this is a good thing,
as they have their issues, in a way that we see that they can’t control or
don’t want to control their warlocks.
But the warlocks seem to take care of their own much better than the
shadow hunters do.
In that, they know of the other warlocks and take stray
warlocks under their wings and if needed send them to either an institute or
the spiral labyrinth to be raised and to control their powers, however, we see
in Magnus’s case this didn’t work out well for him due to him being raised by
the silent brother’s a powerful order in the shadow world.
They take what the warlocks are saying seriously and can act
much quicker than expected for the clave and we see that the clave is open to
anyone over the age of 18 and that the meetings for the accords are taking
place, we also see a lot of what would be in the real world racism or exclusion
where the clave is dictating what the accords will do to protect the down
worlders without consulting the down world.
This is quite interesting in its concept in a way that it
shows that the down worlders know their worth and have respect for each other
in a way that the Shadow hunters don’t. They are told that their lives are short and
brutal because they are hunting demons and that their lives are to be lived as
a sacrifice to many, to protect the world, this is a noble thought but it gives
the impression that the Shadowhunters see themselves as either James Herondale
sees them as a life to be lived in a noble duty to others or as the lightwoods
seem to see it as a cog in the machine. But we see that they aren’t and they are
part of a complex world that shows life in the shadow world we see that there
is a very strict order that the shadow hunters want to keep and this includes breaking
the plates that the down worlders ate off due to them not wanting to be
corrupted.
We see that the shadow hunters seem to want the down
worlders, under their control and not free, however, we see that Mangus and Camille,
advocate for protections under the accords and that this is shown in a way.
That is respectful and shows a very democratic process in a way that we don’t
see very often in the Shadow world. We see that it is very much an eye for an
eye and there is a wariness on both sides of the shadow world for the down words
and the Shadowhunters don’t trust each other due to history. I now know the history that shows the shadow
hunters in a very poor light, and when I get to the bane chronicles I will
revisit Maryse as this makes that family dinner even more potent as it shows
what happened at the uprising.
I see that in this way the accords did bring about some
peace but at what cost, in Australia every Anzac day we see that they say
“freedom isn’t free,” Anzac day is a day when we stop and remember and commemorate
those who have played the price for freedom, as they fought and died on foreign
soil so we could have the freedoms we have today. It is hard to explain why it is so important
to the Australian people but it is very important and we see that it remembers
not only those who died in the war but those who were left behind or the women
who were led to believe that they weren’t doing anything important, but they were
doing amazing work behind the seen, so guides collecting peach core, running
canteens where soldiers could feel safe and have somewhere to go, code breakers, as well as the women who sold violets
to erect memorials [iii]to
remember the sons who never came home. It is a very emotional day. But a solemn
one as well and one that is etched into the Australian physic. [iv]
[ii] Grace Blackthorn
| The Shadowhunters' Wiki | Fandom this would be a fixation on revenge for
what happened to her son.
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