Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Sansa pages 293-304

          This chapter was about a jousting tournament, Sansa and Septa Mordane accompanied by Jeyne Poole were seated watching the tournament. Ser Gregor was riding his second joust of the day when he struck the other man in the neck, the end of the lance broke off into his neck killing him. After the tournament Sansa and Septa Mordane went to the feast afterwards, she sat next to Prince Joffrey. They talked all night long and then she was taken back to the castle.
          I think this is an important chapter because it give you the eyes to see the relationship Sansa and the Prince have together. They get along very well, even after the death of her wolf. They are able to talk and he has told gossip of the court and even had someone escort her home. I liked this chapter because it kept the excitement with the jousting tournament and it gave a side with much affection, I am much for the love story type. This chapter also told the story behind Sandor Clegane's burned face and what actually happened. How his brother, Gregor had found him playing with his toy and picked him up and pushed his face down on burning coals, how it took 3 grown men to pull him off of him with gregor only being eleven or twelve years old. Their father had told everyone that the boys bedding had caught fire instead of the real story, he was angry about that and told Sansa before he left that if she told anyone, he would kill her.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Sansa (Pg. 293-304)

Sansa goes to the Hand's tourney with Septa Mordane and Jeyne Poole. Sansa watches the tournament with amusement. During a match, Gregor kills Hugh, Jon Arryn's young former squire, by shoving his lance into Hugh's throat. Hugh's body lands in front of Sansa, and she watches unfazed as Hugh bleeds out. After the tournament, Sansa and Septa Mordane go to the feast held by King Robert. Joffrey sits next to Sansa and acts like there is no conflict between the two of them. At the end of the night, Joffrey makes Hound escort Sansa back to her room. While on their walk back to Sansa's room, Hound tells Sansa how Gregor burned his face on hot coals when they were younger because he took Gregor's toy knight. What really grabbed my interest in this chapter is that Sansa wasn't fazed by Hugh's death. She even explains how the blood was coming out in a pulsating rhythm. This makes me think that Sansa can be bold and brave whenever she is needed. I feel that later in the book she will play a big part in an important event. 

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Daenerys (II)

In this chapter Daenerys gets married to Drogo and finds out that he's not as bad as she had originally thought and begins to catch feeling for him. Once Daenerys started embracing her relationship with Drogo, Drogo find himself bending to her every whim falling prey to her seduction. After they wed she is given many gift but the two that stand out to me the most would be the silver horse that Drogo gave her. Also she was given three fossilized dragon eggs by Illyrio priceless items and could be key in the near future. It also talks about the lack of patience that her brother has to go and use Drogo's army to take his thrown back and rule the seven kingdoms.
I choose this chapter because the relationship between Daenerys and Drogo is starting to bloom which will only help the cause to retake the thrown. Also Daenerys receiving the dragon eggs will turn out to be a crucial part of her strategy in the future to regain her thrown.
Bran III
I choose to write about Bran because there was a lot of foreshadowing. He had a dream about fall from Bran II, where a crow with three eyes is telling him to learn to fly if he wants to ever wake up. On the way down Bran see people he knows doing things in the future. I feel the book does a good job of telling us small detail like the crows third eye, I feel is symbolic for the crow can see into the future and knows that bran plays a huge role. Almost to the ground Bran learns to fly and the crow starts attacking him. Also sees the end of the world during the plummet down. These points will surely come back into play later on in the book. Very interesting to keep reading.

Dany

Dany;
In this chapter we see Dany start to develop her own identity. She still relates with her old house and the dragon, but she also is in the process of taking on her new role as Khaleesi of the Dothraki. She begins to stand up to her abusive brother Viserys, having him beaten and his horse taken away, shaming him in front of everyone. We also see Dany and Ser Jorah bonding as queen and vassal as well as Dany falling in love with her new husband, and eventually being taken with his child at the end of this chapter. This chapter is showing Dany's growth from a girl into a woman as she takes on responsibilities and carves out her own place in a hostile place where the strong thrive and the weak die.

Bran's Dream

This chapter was all about Bran and his dream! He was dreaming about how he kept falling and he kept seeing a crow that was trying to teach him how to fly correctly.  Sansa is crying at night. Sansa and Arya and keep seeing shadows. Bran claims to see the end of the world when he looks at the wall. Bran is told winter is coming and he must learn how to fly or he will die. Bran didn't really learn how to fly very well even though his life was depending on it. Then the crow starts attacking him before he hits the ground. Bran then wakes up from his coma like state and comes to find that he cannot feel his legs. Bran does end up keeping the wolf. Which is an important symbol to them. Bran also decides to name the wolf summer. This chapter was interesting how it was all based off of a dream. I think this dream Bran had will eventually all make sense later on in the book. Over all it was a good chapter kept you wanting to read more to find out what happens next!

Bran 3

This chapter was rather interesting to me, the whole chapter was just one big dream about him falling in bran 2, after he was pushed out a window. It is a very vivid dream for bran because it is very descriptive and he sees a lot of people he knows, along with the end of the world. The whole time that Bran is falling the crow that he was messing with in bran two, which has three eyes in this dream was telling him that he needs to fly or die. He doesn't do so until he almost hits the ground at which that point the crow that tried to help him survive, is now attacking him. I think the chapter of bran's falling dream is interesting because i think that the author is giving out hints or clues to what we can expect later on in the book, I belive that someone close to bran, say someone he looks up to and learns from will betray him, such as the crow did when he started attacking him once he started to fly.