Eragon
Christopher Paolini
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Christopher Paolini (born
November 17, 1983 in Southern
California) is an American writer.
who is best known as the author
of the Inheritance Cycle, which
consists of the books Eragon,
Eldest, Brisingr, and an as yet
untitled fourth book. He lives in
Paradise Valley, Montana, where
he wrote his first book.
To promote the book, Paolini
toured over 135 schools and
libraries, discussing reading and
writing, all the while dressed in "a
medieval costume of red shirt,
billowy black pants, lace-up
boots, and a jaunty black cap.
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Paolini's literary inspirations include the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, E. R.
Eddison and the author of the epic poem Beowulf. Paolini said that
Eragon was "specifically inspired" by the work of Bruce Coville
Synopsis
Eragon, is the average person in Carvahall. One day, while hunting in the
spine, he discovers a blue stone. Thinking it may be worth something, he
took it back to sell. No one would take it however, since they all feared the
spine. Eragon lost interest in the stone over the days. But one night, it
hatched. Eragon was in disbelief. The blue stone was actually an egg, a
dragon egg. Eragon decided to keep the dragon, though he tried to hide it.
He didn't want people becoming alarmed. He went to the town story teller,
Brom, who knew a lot about dragons. He asked how to care for them and
some good names, careful to keep from being too suspicious. He names the
dragon Saphira and cared for her over time. After his conversation with
Brom, he realized she was an equal and figured out he could communicate
with her through his mind.
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One day, something terrible happens. Eragon hears strangers interrogating
the town, looking for the stone he found. Well, they can't have it now, he
thought, it's a dragon. When Eragon told Saphira, she blocked him out of her
thoughts, reared up and took off, overtaken by fear. Eragon just had time to
grab on before she flew away. As they landed, far from Carvahall, Eragon
was very angry at her. He had had full intentions of warning his uncle whom .
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he lived with. In the morning, he convinced her to go back. When he
arrived back at Palancar Valley, he was disturbed to see that his house
had been reduced to rubble. He dug through the pile and found his uncle,
unconscious and severely injured. He took his uncle and headed towards
Carvahall on Saphira, but she was too weak and young to carry both of
them. They landed halfway there and Eragon commanded Saphira to
hide in the woods while he struggled towards the town. Luckily, he met up
with Brom, just before falling unconscious of exhaustion.
When Eragon awoke, he went to see his uncle, who died the following
night. Eragon snuck off to Saphira who had persuaded him to track down
and kill the strangers who'd murdered his uncle. When he reached
Saphiras hiding spot however, he found Brom waiting for him. He
explained a little to Eragon about himself not really being just a story
teller, but that all he would reveal for now. He convinced Eragon to take
him too. So Eragon gathered supplies and set out on a journey of
vengeance...
Characters
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Eragon : A poor farm boy who
barely could feed his uncle and
cousin. When out in the Spine, he
discovered a stone that later
hatched into a sapphire dragon.
The Stone brought on the Raz'ac
and destroyed Eragons farm, and
killed his uncle. He fled Carvahall
with Brom, learning the ways of
magic as he went, chasing after
the Raz'ac.
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Saphira : The dragon found in the
Spine by Eragon, Saphira was
born of an egg stolen by the
Varden from the wicked king and
kept hidden until Eragon found
and raised her. Her wisdom is
paramount to Eragon’s growth
and
via
telepathy,
she
communicates with Eragon, a link
created when they first touched.
Ironically, her name is the same
as Brom’s dragon before she was
killed. The two become close
friends and confidants in their
journies.
Characters
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Brom : The story teller in Eragons
village who was secretly a former
dragon rider until the death of
he's dragon. Later in the story he
trains Eragon in magic and
swordmanship until he dies
defending Eragon.
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Arya : Arya is the daughter of
Queen Islanzadi of the elves.She
was once the keeper of Saphira's
egg, and ferried it between the
Varden and the Elves before her
capture by Durza the Shade.
Characters
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Durza : Durza led the capture of
Arya and did the dirty work of
Galbatorix. Durza also led the
Urgal's into battle at Farthen Dúr,
he was slain by Eragon (dubbed
Eragon Shadeslayer) during the
battle, freeing the Urgal's of a
spell they had been placed under,
and sending the armies into
disarray.
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Galbatorix : Galbatorix is the
cause of all hell on earth.
Galbatorix is a rebel Rider who
went against his own kind
because of a stupid mistake he
made when he was young. Both
evil and power hungry, Galbatorix
soon slue all of his fellow
comrades, and rose to power
over Alagaësia. Since that day
on, Galbatorix has been ruling
the people of Alagaësia, no
matter how much they hate him.
If you could only save one character from the book in the
event of a disaster, which one would it be and why?
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I would save Oromosis and Gladr because they
were the most interesting characters in the story and
there deaths were very anticlimactic to the end of the
third book.
Identify one of the problems in the book and give
an alternate solution
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Use magic to somehow go back in time, to when
Galbatorix is a boy and kick his ass and scream at
him that we are from the future. And then when he
tells people about the incident they'll think hes
crazy and make him an outcast.