Outside Reading Blog #2 (107-223)

Eragon has proven himself to be very brave and somewhat reckless so far in this book. He has fought Urgals, grotesque like creatures who tower above the average human, and has tried to scale a rock wall by himself. This is Eragon.

Just kidding, but the cliff probably looked something like this. This shows his reckless yet brave behavior, since he gets stuck on the wall, "He gave up and said, "I could use some help..." "All right! I made a mistake. Now can you please get me out of here? he pleaded" (Paolini 190). Brom has also gave some more insight into his personal life to Eragon. It is now known that he is a member of the Varden the resistance against the empire. Brom also killed an evil rider showing that he has great power, and has admitted to Eragon that he helped steal the dragon egg from the Empire which is Saphira.

Eragon is going through many new struggles and conflicts. He has been sparring with Brom and getting badly beaten. Yet he has improved near the end of these hundred pages and has learned that he is a very good swordsman. Also he is faced with magic, a power natural to Riders however very hard to learn and use. One of the major burdens of magic is if you cast a spell to powerful for your amount of energy it will kill you instantaneously... Great! Also Eragon is learning it in about a ten times shorter time frame then what the Riders used to learn it in. To add even more struggling to Eragon's burdened life he has to learn how to read. Eragon is also conflicting with Brom in these chapters and has a thirst for knowledge. Brom is quite stubborn and doesn't tell Eragon until near the end of these pages, Eragon now understands why Brom didn't tell him until later and has learned from these experiences to be more patient. From all of these experiences Eragon has toughened, "His arms became corded, and his tanned skin rippled with lean muscles. "Everything about me is turning hard," he thought dryly" (Paolini 171). Through Eragon's multiple mental exersizes he was able to think more clearly and be more patient.

This Novel partially relates to Black Boy. One way in which it relates is from its struggling and harsh enviroments. However, both of the main characters in each book have matured as well. In one way it does relate to Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Both characters go through conflicts and stuggles, however their personalities are extremely different.

This book rox! Read it!