Eragon

Eragon is a fantastic book, it is adventurous, very mystery and fantasy like, and has quite a lot of fighting scenes, which are very surprising and entertaining. It is a different kind of book then I normally read, however, I really like it.

The main character, Eragon and I don't have many connections. He lives such a dangerous life, and he has such a different way of thinking then I do. His whole life he is being chased by someone, the King, the Varden, (a group of people against the king, or empire) or some other crazy monster working for one of the groups. He is always on the move, and when he meets people, part of this long mystery of strange events starts to unfold. I on the other hand, have a much more realistic, and sometimes boring life. In my life, there are no urgals, (big ogres that work for the empire), elves, dwarves, dragons, and there are no people with names like, Ajihad, Orik, Arya, Galbatorix, Morzan, or Brom! However, we are both learning about our past, and we have both had some tragedies happen in our life, Eragon more so then I. We are both very curious people too, we have a lot of questions, and we are always worrying. In one part of the book, Eragon is taken on a quest with a very talented man that teaches Eragon a lot of his knowledge, to find his uncle's murderers, and along the way is figuring out how powerful he really is. He asked Brom, the talented man, a whole bundle of questions, pestering him about Eragon's power every day, and as I am reading the book, I have questions pop up in my head too.

Eragon sometimes surprises me with his actions. Sometimes he will do things that I do not understand why he does them, and then I will think that we really don't have very many connections, and that we are so different. One time, Eragon was in a place where their king, was telling him it was time to go to the land of elves, because they could train him better, but Eragon was upset that he didn't get to put his opinion on the matter! I was gasping when I read this! How can he be angry when a king just told him with respect, that he will go to train with the elves? I would be thrilled! I would be excited and very pleased to be able to train with the elves, right away.

Eragon also changes his personality on me sometimes, and then I think we might be the same. In the story, I know him as brave, daring, and will do whatever it takes to stay alive, and keep his travelers alive too; then in one part of the book, a soldier is going by, that was going to take them as slaves, but falls off his horse and begs for mercy, as Eragon's friend slices off the soldier's head. Eragon is suddenly furious, he gets all infuriated at his friend, just for killing someone when Eragon thinks the man's life should have been spared.

Eragon and I have some similar connections between us, but we are sometimes not connected at all!