Beginning and ending

7.Beginning and ending

a) At the beginning of the novel it was Elsha's 16th birthday. She had always wanted life to be different; where slaves wouldn't have to work for their whole life and everybody would live equally.  On her birthday she decided to relax a bit in the mine. She was punished that night until the next morning. "Don't give up, little Elsha, joy of my life. Don't give up"

At the end of the story Elshas life long dream comes true and she becomes the firewoman after having a battle with Zune who thinks he has to be fire lord and Elsha of the quelled wins. So Zune dies in the battle "we will not refuse to mine for firestones," I said, "but we will not work as slaves, or be treated any longer like animals. We will live like human beings, equal with the chosen."

B) The links between the beginning and end is that Elsha knew she would be able to change how the laws that require the quelled to only mine. This meaning the chosen will have certain amounts of time working in the mine so the quelled have time to rest. In the end she still wanted to do this. She became the fire woman and could change the rules as she wanted too.