Simon Duster 1st blog

          I am currently reading a book called Eldest, by Christopher Paolini. I have read about halfway through the book and I am liking the book a lot, just like I did last time. The book is the second in the Eragon series. It is a story of a teenage boy named Eragon, who comes across a dragon egg, without knowing what it was, and having his life changed beyond reason. He has to escape the evil king Galbatorix, who controls most of the land and is also a Dragon Rider, like Eragon. Eragon is put into a world of magic and has to travel with Brom to reach the Varden. The Varden are the freedom fighters against the king thatr Eragon has decided to join to help stop Galbatorix.
          Eldest picks up on Eragon after the first book and continues his journey to become a great rider so that he could eventually defeat Galbatorix. I think that this book is really good, especially for teenage kids who are into fantasy books, like me. Paolini has a way of writing the book in a flowing method while keeping the storyline going. He jumps between two people's stories and does it very well by leaving off with one person, and writing the story of the other to "catch-up" to the other, so you don't get confused on what is happening.
          I think that Paolini wrote this book for his family and also just for fans. I can tell that he loves fantasy and is very good at writing the storyline because he includes very good details and descriptions that are easy to put an image in your mind and create a very good story. The theme of the story is, well, a sort of problem-sloving theme. Paolini writes this book to show how overcoming great challenges can be very hard, but satisfing at the end, which he expresses through Eragon. I think Eragon is the best character and since he is the main character, paolini spends a lot of time focusing on him and Eragon grows to be a smart, confident, and thoughtful character, whereas before, he was just a farmer with a simple life.
          One cool quotation from the book is when Eragon's teacher says, "Those whom we love are often the most alien to us." I think that the quotation is important to the story because Eragon realizes that he doesn't understand Saphira as much as he thought. I alos think that it is important because once you think about it, it is true, and I think that paolini put that quote in the story to go with the story, but also to try to connect to us and make us think about our lives. It is like him giving us a piece of advice throught the book.
          I have no questions about the book since I have read teh series already and I am enjoying the book and encourage others to read it.