Seeing others as human beings

Seeing others as human beings

Should all of the people on earth be treated the same, Is it fair to treat them differently because
of who they are, Where they come from and who they are associated with? In Children of Blood
and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. A memorable idea is “Seeing others as human beings”. This idea
is shown when, Kaea asks Inan How long he had been a magi, Inan sees a burner for the first
time and when Zelie meets Inans amber gaze at The Holy Temple.  

In the novel there is a scene between Inan and admiral kaea. Where kaea confronts Inan about
being a magi. She says “How long?” she breathes. “How long have you been a maji?”  She
judges Inan although she knows who he is as a person, just because he’s got a different title.
She was taught to hate the type of person Inan is becoming. Although she knew him since he
was a small child. This to me relates to how in the real world, Someone might stop believing in
something like God. Then there family and friends might look down upon them for being
different. I think even people in real life to this day are too quick to judge people based on
names and titles. When Inan sees the burner for the first time, he is quick to judge kwame.
He judges Kwame because he is different from Inan and has power that strikes fear into
Inan. Inan doesn't know what to think about this new person, So straight away Inan assumes
that Kwame is bad. This is similar to in the real world how multiple cultures don't accept one
another. They choose to fight against one another and not with each other. I don't think this is
okay, Just because people have different skin colours, religions etc. This doesn't mean we
can't get along and I think we should work harder to live in peace.

In Children of blood and bone there is a really good scene between Inan and Zelie. “Inan’s
amber eyes trap me in the truth of his betrayal, but it isn’t the gaze I know. He’s a stranger. A
soldier. The shell of the little prince.” Zelie thinks this without taking in any of the reasons why
Inan was doing what he was doing. Inan had an upbringing where he hated magi and looked
up to his father. Inan was only trying to impress his father, I feel this is understandable in most
cases. This reminds me of the saying, “The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.” I think trying to
be like a loved one shouldnt be frowned upon and should be looked at as quite a beautiful thing.

I believe we are all the same. We might be different in our skin colour, religion, culture,
sexuality. But were all people, People who shouldn't live in constant fear of other people.
Were allowed to have our own opinions and beliefs.