- Eldest by Christopher Paolini, Alfred A. Knopf publishing, 668 pages
- I found the book at home.
- Eldest, by Christopher Paolini, is the second book of a trilogy. The book starts off where the last book left off. The leader of the Varden, main group that opposes the king, is killed. Eragon is now sent off to live with the elves and learn from Ormius, who is a rider that has survived but his dragon was killed. Eragon learns how to better his fighting and magic skills from Ormius. At the end, Eragon finds out the Murtagh, the son of a traitor and mortal enemy of his, is his brother which makes the traitor Eragon’s father. Eragon is also reunited with his cousin, Roran, whom Eragon really considers to be his brother. This is how the book ends.
- The audience of this book are teenagers because there are many lessons in life taught that teenagers learn as they go through life.
- Christopher Paolini’s writing style is very descriptive. It contains a lot of life lessons. "Listening is the path to wisdom only when the result of a conscious decision and not a void of perception.”
-1. "Eragon had heard the expression "heartbroken" before. Until then, he always considered it a fanicul description, not an actual physical symptom. But now he felt a deep ache in his chest - like that of a sore muscle - and each beat of his heart pained him." pg 357
This passage really expresses what the author’s theme is. A life lesson is at one time or another you will be heartbroken.
2."Just remember, that at a certain point, your enemies may have to become your allies."
This passage is a good explanation of what might have to happen in today’s world in order for us to successfully live on earth.
3. "Do not ignore reality in order to comfort yourself, for once you do, you make it easy for others to deceive you."
This passage says not to ignore reality because all you are doing is deceiving yourself. Once you are able to deceive yourself, you make it easy for others to deceive you.
- I could relate to this book. Being in the group that I feel this book was written for, I feel like a lot of the life lessons that are being taught can apply to me. There are many parts that I can relate to. However, there is not a specific part that really stood out.
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This book seems like a very enjoyable read. The novel appears to be full of adventure and action. There also seems to be a tale of compassion between Eragon and his dragon. The story seems to be similar to Star Wars V, with Eragon training with a wise older master. Even though the book appears to be very lengthy, it seems like it would be an especially intriguing novel to read.
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