Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Eragon and the Great Realization

    As Eragon's small isolated town in Carvahall lives a normal life, the lives of those who live lives in the southern region are vastly different. Unfortunately, Eragon's adventures bring him and endorse him in the lives of those who are much closer to the Capitol. Slavery is very common in the country and are treated like animals. Eragon sights an auction house that sells slaves by the hordes, and while in the desert he encounters slavers, who think of Eragon as an object more than a human being. Along with this the King has his own Personal agents, the Ra'zac, who use very torturous and lethal ways to kill their targets. Eragon's uncle is doused in a poison that takes days for the subject to die, while the pain sears through him at every second. In addition, the Empire kills off innocents by the throngs, using monstrous mercenaries to do their work. These are urgals, a savage race intent on killing and slaughtering. The Empire is secretly allied with them, and the Urgals can do the empires bidding and make it look like the Urgals fault. Eragon comes across a deserted town, until the stack of bodies is found in the center. A babies head is impaled on the top... Another casualty by the Empire. The Empire also has a policy in which they usually murder the woman and children along with their enemies, even after the battle is over.
     In conclusion, Eragon has finally bloomed from his isolated town and found out the Empires true intentions. These past experiences may affect his choice of siding with the Varden, Empire, Elves, Dwarves, or Riders. I want to use this information to determine who he will choose.

2 comments:

  1. Great response Sean. I personally have never read this book but your reflection of it makes me want to.Im eager to hear more about this book.I think that you are definitely right in saying that this last experience Eragon undertook will affect him and make him choose different desicions

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  2. I personally know that he will not side with the Empire after what he has seen. All the killing they have done is just horrible which will lower his chances of joining the empire

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