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Oathbringer • 2017
You cannot have my pain.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Dalinar refuses an innocence purchased by giving up responsibility. Keeping the pain also keeps open the possibility of choosing differently.
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On Thaylen Field in Oathbringer chapter 119, Odium offers Dalinar relief from the pain of his past. Dalinar refuses to surrender responsibility for what he did, including the destruction of Rathalas and Evi’s death. His refusal precedes his declaration of the Bondsmith ideal and the opening of Honor’s Perpendicularity.
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- Chapter 119, “Unity”: Dalinar rejects Odium’s offer to take away responsibility for his past. — reference 1Chapter 119, “Unity”: Dalinar rejects Odium’s offer to take away responsibility for his past.; selected line and sceneReference checked
- Chapter 119, “Unity”: Dalinar rejects Odium’s offer to take away responsibility for his past. — reference 2Chapter 119, “Unity”: Dalinar rejects Odium’s offer to take away responsibility for his past.; selected line and sceneReference checked
- Chapter 119, “Unity”: Dalinar rejects Odium’s offer to take away responsibility for his past. — reference 3Chapter 119, “Unity”: Dalinar rejects Odium’s offer to take away responsibility for his past.; selected line and sceneReference checked
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