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Ozai controlled both his children by infecting them with pride and shame to various degrees. Both Azula and Zuko were taught to believe they were strong, adult, entitled to violence and conquest. This made them better imperialist tools, but it also prevented them from recognizing their own abuse.

Instead, Azula saw herself as a smart and competent woman who could never be manipulated. Zuko saw himself as a man who let his father down and received a deserving punishment. In reality, they were both children.

Both of their mindsets were intensely self-centered. This is the commonality between pride and shame.

Seeing himself in the victims of the Fire Nation is what allows Zuko to begin to change. When he sees himself as a victim, it forces him to think with more humility. If he is a child who could be manipulated and mistreated, then maybe his own violent and abusive actions could be misguided, unjustified. Maybe the world extends beyond him.

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