# Epigraph explained — The Fire in the Flint

> Chapter companion for The Fire in the Flint by Walter White.

## 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 lines

> 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._

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