Reading the part where Patience tries to teach fitz. Story of Fitz seems to be a scarily accurate reflection of the adult world. There's not one person who genuinely cares for the boy keeping aside their own aspirations.
1. Burrich: Perceives him as Chivalry's illegitimate child. Expects him to behave and live upto the (stupid) ideals of the father who abandoned him. Trying to fill his own void of abandonment by his master.
2. Chade: sees him as another version of himself for their common experience. As a project to be perfected. Being someone who is in a position to understand what Fitz is going through, Chade either doesn't have the courage to stand up for him or like the others he thinks he's doing the best for the kid. Either way he wants Fitz to be his perfected project. To achieve things that he couldn't get for himself.
3. Shrewd: The perceptive asshole has sensed the potential (probably the skill and his looks) that Fitz has. He wants Fitz as a dispensable tool for his political aspirations. And wants to keep him where he could be under his watch.
4. Patience: doesn't try to understand what he's going through. Doesn't even ask him how he feels. It seems to me that she wants to feel better about her past choices. Getting Fitz recognized as the heir of Chivalry and trained like a prince is a personal redemption for whatever is bothering her.
What about the freedom of choice that he's supposed to have? To choose what he wants. Fitz is practically rendered voiceless by everyone suffocating him with their expectations.
