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The Fire in the Flint · Chapter
Epigraph explained
The chapter opens with an Old English proverb: 'The fire in the flint never shows until it is struck.' This epigraph foreshadows the latent potential and explosive conflicts that will emerge as the story unfolds.
What happens
The chapter opens with an Old English proverb: 'The fire in the flint never shows until it is struck.' This epigraph foreshadows the latent potential and explosive conflicts that will emerge as the story unfolds.
Key passages
“The fire in the flint never shows until it is struck.”
Hidden potential or danger remains unseen until a triggering event brings it to the surface.
The epigraph suggests that the characters' true natures and the community's underlying tensions will be revealed through crisis.