So far the main characters in this book are Eragon, his dragon Saphira, and Brom. Eragon is a very tough character and can take alot of pain as shown in this example, "He gritted his teeth and began to drag Garrow down the road. The first few steps sent an explosion of agony through him... It was a fight against his unruly body-a fight he refused to lose." (80). Eragon is the first Dragon Rider in centuries besides the king himself, this is what motivates him, he must continue and never give up. Saphira is a dragon and therefore extremely strong, intelligent, and magical. She has a bit of a sense of humor also, and is motivated because she is one of the land. Dragons were born when the world was born, and she is determined to save the land from evil. Brom has just recently become a main character and is traveling with Eragon in his quest for find the Ra'zac. He supposedly is just a story teller who knows alot about Dragon Riders and their history, but i think he is more than that. He is definately hiding something. His motivation is because this is the first Dragon Rider in centuries, and he wants to go with Eragon on his adventure.
Eragon is basically the only one who is going through major conflict and struggles. Raising a dragon would be quite a hardship. First off, Eragon has to do all of his other chores and try to support the family by hunting. Secondly, he has to keep the dragon secret while feeding her food and spending time with her. To top it off, his uncle is killed by the Ra'zac because of Eragon, because he picked up the dragon egg. Thats a pretty deep burden Eragon has to deal with. Another conflicting matter in Eragon's life is with Sloan as shown in this example, "Sloan's mouth twisted as Eragon entered... "How many did you bag this time?" "None" was Eragon's curt reply... "I'm amazed," said Sloan with affected astonishment... "What, no money?" the butcher cut him off sharply. "And you expect to buy meat!" Sloan overall has a mean personality, and is a conflicting character in Eragon's life. Eragon learns that he might actually be succesful and become a Dragon Rider. Through these struggles and conflicts so far he has learned he his much stronger than he ever was before, and already is determined to kill his uncle's murderers.
This novel in most ways isn't like any of the novels I have read in school this year. However there is one similarity. In both Extremely Loud and Incredibly CLose, and Black Boy there are struggles and conflicts. Each main character goes through difficult times like in ELIC when his father dies in 9/11. In Black Boy, since Richard is abused and has malnutrition in many ways. And lastly Eragon and his struggles and responsibilties as a Dragon Rider.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Richard's Hunger
What types of things does Richard Hunger for?
Well, One obvious thing he hungers for is from hunger itself. Food. He is very deprived of it, and when his mother doesn't even have a job they barely have enough money to have enough food to survive. Richard also hungers for knowledge. He is an active reader and has a gigantice curiosity.
Are these things positive?
Yes, they are. Hmm... its negative to hunger for food... thats an obvious one. Ofcourse its a positive thing, one cannot survive without food. Now the second hunger... knowledge. How would you like it if everytime you asked a simple question, maybe why? and then you get slapped in the face by your parents, or in Richard's case usually his Granny. This is an outrage, not to be allowed the simple knowledge of why, because it is desobediant to ask it. I even experience this sometimes in my house from my mother. This topic can really get me going and angry so I'll try to keep calm. Here is an example, ""Get on your hat and coat," Granny said. "What do you want me to do?" I asked. "Quit asking questions and do what you are told" (142). TELL HIM WHAT YOU WANT HIM TO DO!!!! Jeez, why is it such a big deal to not tell him? Here's another example where Richard voices his opinion, "I piped up and had my say... Granny said, "Shut up, you!" and leaned forward promptly to chastise me with one of her casual, back-handed slaps on my mouth" (134). In his parents' and grandparents' minds he is being a bad boy and talking back. To me, and hopefully other normal people he is being good or positive and just hungering for curiosity and knowledge. And what does he get for this? Nearly back slapped in the face. Good thing he dodged and the evil Granny hurt herself by trying to hit an innocent curious boy.
Well, One obvious thing he hungers for is from hunger itself. Food. He is very deprived of it, and when his mother doesn't even have a job they barely have enough money to have enough food to survive. Richard also hungers for knowledge. He is an active reader and has a gigantice curiosity.
Are these things positive?
Yes, they are. Hmm... its negative to hunger for food... thats an obvious one. Ofcourse its a positive thing, one cannot survive without food. Now the second hunger... knowledge. How would you like it if everytime you asked a simple question, maybe why? and then you get slapped in the face by your parents, or in Richard's case usually his Granny. This is an outrage, not to be allowed the simple knowledge of why, because it is desobediant to ask it. I even experience this sometimes in my house from my mother. This topic can really get me going and angry so I'll try to keep calm. Here is an example, ""Get on your hat and coat," Granny said. "What do you want me to do?" I asked. "Quit asking questions and do what you are told" (142). TELL HIM WHAT YOU WANT HIM TO DO!!!! Jeez, why is it such a big deal to not tell him? Here's another example where Richard voices his opinion, "I piped up and had my say... Granny said, "Shut up, you!" and leaned forward promptly to chastise me with one of her casual, back-handed slaps on my mouth" (134). In his parents' and grandparents' minds he is being a bad boy and talking back. To me, and hopefully other normal people he is being good or positive and just hungering for curiosity and knowledge. And what does he get for this? Nearly back slapped in the face. Good thing he dodged and the evil Granny hurt herself by trying to hit an innocent curious boy.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Is Richard a Bad Boy...
Overall Richard is not a bad boy. I believe one reason he is not a bad boy is because he has grown up in a very abusive enviroment which makes him very fearful of his parents and will disobey them if they ask him to come to him (usually for a beating). Another reason he is not a bad boy, is because of his lack of education. He is very questioning and since his parents never taught him much of anything he will get in trouble for asking bad questions or saying naughty words that he does not even know what they mean.
Well.. Richard does act a bit weird like who would purposly set a curtain on fire, it seems like an incredibly stupid thing for someone to do to me, but then again Richard has grown up in a harsh enviroment. I think in Richard's case the enviroment is to blame, however there are times where the person is to blame also. I think if one is grown up in an overall good enviroment they are 100% to blame for their behavior, period, end of discussion. Its your fault for things you do if you don't have something that Richard is going through.
The enviroment on the other hand is to blame in Richard's case. One sign that the behavior of a kid should be blamed on the enviroment is beating. Obviously the kid is going to be terrified whenever he does something bad or maybe he does something bad and he doesn't even know it and he gets whipped, and this is why he might become mean and bullying when he is older, or rebellious. Another sign that behavior is caused by the enviroment is socially. If the school someone goes to doesn't moniter what they do, and lets them learn bad words and bad actions the enviroment is to blame.
Richard isn't to blame!
Well.. Richard does act a bit weird like who would purposly set a curtain on fire, it seems like an incredibly stupid thing for someone to do to me, but then again Richard has grown up in a harsh enviroment. I think in Richard's case the enviroment is to blame, however there are times where the person is to blame also. I think if one is grown up in an overall good enviroment they are 100% to blame for their behavior, period, end of discussion. Its your fault for things you do if you don't have something that Richard is going through.
The enviroment on the other hand is to blame in Richard's case. One sign that the behavior of a kid should be blamed on the enviroment is beating. Obviously the kid is going to be terrified whenever he does something bad or maybe he does something bad and he doesn't even know it and he gets whipped, and this is why he might become mean and bullying when he is older, or rebellious. Another sign that behavior is caused by the enviroment is socially. If the school someone goes to doesn't moniter what they do, and lets them learn bad words and bad actions the enviroment is to blame.
Richard isn't to blame!
Friday, September 14, 2007
First Post
Hello everyone and welcome to my blog. FYI I've never done a blog before and I'm looking forward to having a fun experience with blogging, and since I can't think of anything else to say just feel free 2 post comments :)
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