Hawk or Snake?

[Konoha's Yellow Flash]

Two different roads the hawk and the snake...

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Madara states :
Things are moving right along...

I look forward to watching you develop, Sasuke...
Will you remain a snake? Or shed your serpentine scales and become a hawk?

If Madara's words are to be taken into account, Sasuke can be either the snake or the hawk.



Sasuke: Though the snake dreams of soaring through the sky,
he is forever doomed to crawl on his belly.

You stalked the nest, trying to single out the runt of the litter...
but in the end, your intended prey came after you.
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He then completes the analogy by indicating he's a matured hawk, one who's capable of defending itself from the "snake":

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Sasuke: You'll have your chance to fly, snake...in the talons of a hawk.
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With Madara's statement , it would seem as if the hawk and snake represent not only two symbols, but two different paths Sasuke can take. Whether it's a literal meaning in that we'll maybe see some hawk summons in the future (like we do with the snake summons), or a symbolical one representing a fulfillment of a certain destiny, I have no doubt this will characterize the type of character Sasuke is in the future. There are hints enough already on how things are meant to go however:
Has his path as a hawk been drawn long time ago?

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Sasuke chose to follow the path of the hawk, is this the one that he has been predestined with? will the hawk be able to overcome the snake ? will this choice make a difference in sasuke?s future?
ill leave it to you to discuss it..

 

[Regulus]

I think he lost the snake path once he lost orochimaru, yet he is still not a hawk in my opinion because he felt he could fight all the kages. This shows us he has alot to learn before he becomes a "mature" hawk and can "fly"

 

[RasenShruiken]

I think becoming a 'hawk' symbolizes freedom of hatred, or freedom of something. To become a fully matured 'hawk' he must give up on his revenge.

 

[Orion]

nice one. I must say. I think Hawk means suzaku, i.e., the eternal phoenix.

 

[Konoha's Yellow Flash]

nice one. I must say. I think Hawk means suzaku, i.e., the eternal phoenix.

there were markings of a phoenix in the uchiha hideout.
besides, itachi has also a resemblance with the hawks(crows).

 

[Orion]

there were markings of a phoenix in the uchiha hideout.
besides, itachi has also a resemblance with the hawks(crows).

Oh yes. I think sharingan is a gift elder son on rikudo got. to change his doujutsu to sharingan. And the shadow we saw which engulfed sasuke has to be the phoenix.