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Chapter 2 Analysis - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Wyldon looked at each of them in turn, his eyes resting the longest on Kel. "Don't think you'll have an easy time this year.
        
        "I will not tolerate flirtations. If there is a boy in your room, the door must be open. The same is true if you are in a boy's room. Should you disobey, you will be sent home immediately."
        
        As witnessed here, Lord Wyldon believes very greatly in only what he has seen or heard. He does not take into account that everybody has a different character and personality.
  - - - Lord Wyldon, although so emotionless, risked his life to save others, even if it meant experiencing pain for the rest of his life.
- - - - ...I've watched Lady Alanna fight for the crown. I saw her majesty and some of her ladies fight in the Immortals War. I know women can be warriors. If that's the life you want, then you ought to have the same chance as as anyone else here."
        
        Nealan believes that just because Kel is a girl does not mean that she has a lower chance of becoming a knight. He wants to help her to become a warrior and achieve the like she wants.
    - - "This is nice," Nealan remarked cheerfully. He put his food on the table before him and shoved his tray into the gap between him and the next boy. "Usually it's impossible to get a bit of elbow room here."
        
        Nealan always acts very cheerful among his fellow knights in training. Even if they commented oh his sponsor, he just pretended not to hear and conitinued.
  - - - Nealan is very well-versed and knows a lot about the history of Tortall. He tells a story about each painting, and even Kel find it fascinating how much he knows.
- - - - Keladry is only comfortable talking to people she regularly meets and knows very well. The 'chill' Wyldon gave did not help her.
    - - Climbing into bed, she took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She imagined a lake, its surface as smooth as glass. This is my heart, she thought. This is what I will strive to be.
        
        But control her feelings she would. If anyone here thought to run her off, they would find she was tougher than they expected. She was here to stay.
        
        Emotion is weakness, Kel told herself, quoting her Yamani teachers. I must be as
        serene as a lake on a calm day.
        
        Keladry had a very determined mindset, wanting to prove the males, other than Neal, that she was not weak. They could not 'shoo' her away. As quoted from the text, "She was here to stay."
- - - - Salma replied. "I was brought in five years back, just in time to meet your brother Conal. Don't worry, I won't hold it against you,"
        
        Salma tells Keldary about what she witnessed five years ago, meaning she was not new and had experienced other events before. She also warns her to not play tricks on the servants and provides her with a punishment. As it it already prepared, this hints that some had done this before and had been given this punishment.
    - - "If you need anything, even if it's just a sympathetic ear, tell me." She rested a warm hand on Kel's shoulder for a moment, then walked away.
        
        Doesn't agree with the stereotype
        
        Girls Can't Fight! Salma's mouth twisted wryly. "What do they think their mothers do, when the lords are at war and a raiding party strikes? Stay in their solars and tat lace?"
        
        "As would any delicately reared noblewoman." Salma opened the door.
        
        Being a female herself, Salma does not agree of the stereotype that girls are weaker and cannot fight. We can see her grumbling about what the boys think they are doing while they go to war.
        
        (She only nods to the boys but likes to talk to Kel).
        
        Once they had walked into the hall, she took the key from Kel and went about her business, nodding to the boys as they emerged from their rooms.
        
        Salma is very fond of Kel. While she was with Kel in Kel's room, she was talking with her as if she was an old friend. However, when she made contact with the boys, Salma stayed silent and settled only for a nod of the head.