Bitterblue Conflict
There are an enormous amount of conflicts in the book Bitterblue. Similar to the first book in the series (Graceling) there were lots of person vs. person conflicts. Not only with the main character, but with just about every character in the book. But along with the person vs. person conflicts, there were also many internal (person vs. self) conflicts going on. Those were mostly in Bitterblue. Bitterblue vs. Leck is one of the most interesting conflicts but also the largest in the book. Former king Leck (also Bitterblue’s father) did many terrible things in his reign that lingered into Bitterblue’s. He twisted stories to his benefit. He destroyed thousands of books to keep the truth hidden from the people of the kingdom. Monsea was run off of lies and deceit. Leck had stolen from everyone in the kingdom in all different forms. He stole items, children, and farm animals. He made people feel safe and happy by mind control. No one knew what was real and what was the words/thoughts Leck had put into their heads. All of this carried into poor Bitterblue’s reign. People of the kingdom hated the queen. They hated that she wasn’t doing anything to benefit people outside of the castle. But little did they know that the queen wasn’t aware of all that was going on or what happened years ago when her father was in charge. Throughout the book Bitterblue comes to learn all the terrible things her father did and tries to write over his wrongs. This conflict is interesting because even after Leck is dead, his decisions and actions were still hurting so many, but mostly Bitterblue. This conflict was not completely solved but it got better than it was. At least now the queen is more aware of what her kingdom has gone through and what they are still dealing with. Another conflict was Bitterblue vs herself. Because of her ignorance, Bitterblue had the thought that her kingdom was prosperous. But once she finds out that she was very wrong she sets out to find out as much information as possible about her kingdom as a whole. She struggles to get very far because Leck had destroyed most proof of the truth. In the search of the truth she feels guilty because she sees how much her people are suffering. She tries to mend her relationship with the people: Doing so she resolved her conflict with herself. She now was aware of all that happened and all that was currently happening. Cashore, Kristin. Bitterblue. New York: Dial, 2012. Print.
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Bitterblue Character Analysis
Bitterblue becomes queen of the Monsea kingdom at the age of 10 after her malicious father Leck was murdered by lady Katsa. Bitterblue’s father was a dishonorable king. Leck was graced with the power of manipulation and mind control. Very few people knew of this; although, bitterblue was luckily one of the few. Although she was young, Bitterblue found ways to keep her mind clear with the help of her mother, who also knew about Leck’s mind control. She didn’t let her father blur the line between his lies and the truth. One way she did this was with numbers. Her mother taught her that number are a very real thing that could help straighten her mind. Whenever Leck tried to manipulate Bitterblue’s thoughts, she would do multiplication in her head. ““Clear your mind of everything but the numbers,” she says. “Pretend you’re alone with the numbers in an empty room.” (Cashore 13).” The book Bitterblue (named after the young queen) starts when she is 18. She spends most of her time sitting up in her tower signing and sorting papers. For the longest time the queen never left the castle. But as the story progresses she gets more curious and decides to sneak out of the castle at night into the town where she finds herself in a parlor listening to tales of her father’s reign and all the horrors that came with it. Some of these stories she’s been told; others she has not heard of. She also met two mysterious guys named Teddy and Saf who enticed her. Because of that first night out, Bitterblue then had a more clear view of what her kingdom was like outside the castle and decided to make some changes. She becomes more adventurous and brave which was a much needed change to clear up the mess her father had made of the kingdom before. Bitterblue also becomes more aware of the people she has working in the kingdom for her. She feels she can no longer trust anyone in her castle. Bitterblue went from being an oblivious and closed minded girl to an impressively intelligent and aware queen. In this book I can relate with the character Bitterblue. She is a young girl, now the queen of her kingdom, so she has a lot of responsibilities and stresses. I can really relate to taking on big responsibilities and being stressed. I recently got my first dog and I am the one that has to take care of her. I feed her, take her outside when she needs too, I groom her, etc. That is no where near as much as taking on a kingdom but it has similar aspects. A queen has to feed her kingdom, make sure they aren't in poverty. She has to groom the kingdom, make sure it isn't falling apart, keep it neat and organized.
So far in this book I can identify with one of the characters. Her name is Rain. She is an overly sensitive teenage girl, just like me. She also cares about others and how they feel, but she herself has very deep feelings, emotions and thoughts. She finds herself crying over little insignificant thing, and most people think she's a cry baby, but in reality most people just don't understand her
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