Eragon Book One Essay

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I'm currently reading Eragon book one of a four book series by Christopher Paolini . Im on page 149. The book is about Adventure and finding one's own self identity, The Story begins in the mystical land of alagaesia, where a young boy named Eragon is hunting for animals to store for the winter because his family lives outside of the main town. while he's chasing a deer he gets hit by an explosion.leading him to the Bluestone which turns out to be a dragon egg. He finds out about the history of the Dragon Riders and what happened to all the dragons and Riders before the emperor's rain started. But with this information and a dragon, Eragon become a target of the empire. This ends up getting his uncle killed and so Eragon swears for revenge against the empire.

Q. Here is an interesting quote.“Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.” I think That this quote is very powerful because it shows the strength of the characters and helps to build a better understanding of just how amazing the dragon riders are and how they and the varden share the same will to fight for what they believe is right. “The real courage is in living and suffering for what
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The major conflict in the book is trying to find who's responsible for the death of Eragon's Uncle, as well as what is role is in this war between the Varden and Galbatorix. Eragon must also learn about his own past and who his parents were and why they abandoned him at birth because that plays a big role in why he's so special. I think it isn't a coincidence that the first dragon rider was named Eragon and now the "last" (I'm suspecting that he is) is also named Eragon. I think this might have something to do with reincarnation or destiny or something along those lines. Because every time he dreams of the two people. I believe one of them to be the mother and the other one the father who he was named

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