![]() The cycle was so regular that its pattern took on a clear form: an up-and-down movement, wavelike. Kira followed the scenes with her hand as larger and greater cities appeared and larger, greater destruction took place. Rather than leave the village with Christopher, though, Kira proves her bravery and maturity by choosing to remain in the Council’s control while secretly using her creativity to undermine the Council’s power. Eventually, Kira, reunites with her father, Christopher, who Kira had believed was dead. In the end, however, Kira comes to see that the Council is secretly cruel and controlling, and that it uses its power to control creativity to sway its people’s beliefs toward its own ends. When her mother, Katrina, dies and the Council of Elders brings Kira into the Edifice, she thinks that she’s found a solution to both of her problems: the Council both encourages her artistry-putting her to work repairing the Singer’s robe-and treats her and her friends well. ![]() Kira is also horrified at the way the villagers hurt each other, both physically and mentally. When she lives in the village, Kira longs for the time and resources to exercise her creativity through weaving, but few people acknowledge that her fabrics and designs have any value. ![]() Throughout the novel, she’s forced to fight to defend two strong instincts that, it often seems, no one else shares: creativity and compassion. The young protagonist of Gathering Blue, Kira is a girl with a lame leg, who is probably around twelve years old and who excels at weaving.
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