Game of Thrones Chapter 7 (Arya) Summary

Arya is knitting with the others. Her knitting is of poor quality, so she briefly stops to speak to her sister next to her. They start conversing about the prince, Joffrey, and Arya catches the septa's attention. The septa comes to examine Arya's work and sees that the stitches are crooked. Arya becomes embarrassed and leaves the room, even though she knows she'll get in trouble. She goes to the covered bridge overlooking the yard where the boys are practicing fighting. She meets Jon, who is watching the practice. He comments that she she should be working on her knitting, but she wants to watch the practice too. They watch the fighting for a while, and while Arya had wanted to see Joffrey defeated in the fight, she sees him out of the fight, towards the back of the yard, surrounded by men. Later, when Arya leaves, she notices that she is on more trouble than she originally anticipated, as both her mother and the septa are waiting in her room. This chapter is important for the story because it shows some of Arya's character and how she is picked on by others, for example, "Jeyne used to call her Arya Horseface, and neigh whenever she came near." I liked this chapter because the event of the septa discovering that Arya's knit work is poor is similar to when my teacher in school did the same thing, and I became embarrassed and wanted to leave. There isn't too much violence in this chapter apart from the knight training, but this means that violence will follow, later on in the book.