Summer Reading Goals SRG

     My summer goals are to finish the Inheritance Cycle series. Read a lot of classics, not necessarily English. Be in the summer reading program and get awards. Read every night 15 minutes on weekends  and 30 minutes on the weekdays.
     Happy Summer Reading Everyone!!!

Why 5/8/12

     The reason that I chose the book "Eldest,", by Christopher Paolini is because it is the genre that I like to read and it also has ddifficult vocabulary that spices it up and makes it more interesting to read.
     I got an enormous amount of lessons,suggestions and themes out of it. First, find the meaning of life when you can't. While most people would of given up in the situation Eragon was in, (Half of his world chasing him) he always had a goal to achieve and always learned something new every day. He also had and has to make hard decisions to make. Like to follow his own heart or listen to his best friend Saphira. And agree with the elves or dwarves.
     Abandoning this  book would a very crass act. Especially if you like Action /Adventure/Science Fiction books and stories, and books with vivid vocabulary. Like uttered instead of said or answered and so on.

Perception 5/2/12

      While I was reading "Eldest" by Christopher Paolini I really felt like I could see through Eragons's eyes at the part where Gannel shows Eragon the statues of the dwarf gods and godness's and he stared at them like an alien at a dog- without taking any pride of it even though he is an Ingetlum-part of the dwarf's clan.
      On the other side Gannel was so proud to even explain what the different gods were known for, not talking about how he felt having the statues in front of him. He as any other dwarf is supposed to take full pride in even  the entering cathederal in which the statues were placed. Once I was listening to a speech about economics and I didn't understand more than  anything at all. Also when I was reading a book called Adventures of Tom Sawyer and it was written in the language of the early 1800's and of the 12 chapters I read before abandoning the book I didn't understand half of it as well.   On that cathedral  part I really felt like Eragon and me were very alike. 

Memoir

     "That is a great risk. Humph?"
When Eragon, a farm boy in the past, and the last Dragon Rider in Alagaesia, (the country he lives in) joins the Varden (a clan that resists the evil king Galbatorix and the evil empire which he rules) and is called to a meeting  by the new Vardens leader Nasuada. At a meeting she tells him about her plans:  quickly invade the Empire while they are still weak. However it is a risky step because the Varden lost a lot of men in their last encounter from which they are still recovering. Eragon is concerned ,however he can do nothing and watches the events go by, without him interacting.

Character Traits for "Eldest" by Christopher Paolini

     In the book "Eldest" by Christopher Paolini, -the sequel to "Eragon" I think Eragon's most common traits are boldness, sadness and he is also a very caring character.
   I think so because when he chooses to take on one of the most powerful opponents in this case the Shade Durza-a very dangerous sorcer. Buy doing that he is proving boldness and loyalty to the Varden- a clan that resists the evil Empire. Also he had experienced sadness three times so far- all of them when he couldn't do anything to save the dead like Ajihad the leader of the Varden, his uncle Garrow and his best pal Murtagh...
     He also cares and appreciates many things like his dragon Saphira, the dwarf king Hrothgar, the elf Arya and the memory of one of his best friends, Murtagh.
     This character is one of the most important personalities in the book. Because if he hadn't found the egg with Saphira the Ra'zacs would't have killed his uncle and he wouldn't have set out on the voyage for revenge.
     And yes, of course like most characters of today's novels and books the character Eragon is very real to me. He feels the same feelings and thinks the same way as I do. Like when he was forced to go with the circumstances at the high council I was forced to do the same thing at a game and at a hockey practice; and then when at the end of a chapter he asked Saphira "What is with people theese days,one second she is mad at me and the other she is giving me a blessing?" and I totaly felt like that so that makes him more realistic.
      I'm realy enjoying the series and hope to read "Brisingr and "Inheritance" as soon as posible!

Connections for Eragon, by Christopher Paolini

     In the book Eragon by Christopher Paolini, one of my best connection would be when a farm boy named Eragon, losses his uncle Garrow, who was killed by the evil Empires loyal servant's: the Ra'Zac's  and as a Dragon Rider  is powered by only the chance of getting his revenge. However when he meets the story teller Brom , he learns that revenge is not the only way to comfort yourself. Brom explains: "An enemy powered by revenge is as powerful as his revenge which makes him deadly. However if you loose control over yourself  the damage to the outer world will be unspeakable." I experienced the same thing over my mother's death when I was very angry with myself and wanted to take my revenge on anything I saw. However I learned that revenge is not the only way and the book Eragon really helped me understand it better.
     There were also a couple of connections that I made. For example when Eragon encountered the Urgals in Yuzac and killed them with magic he never even learned, and it was very surprising. When I was skiing at Willamette Pass for my first time ever I didn't even know what to do and how to do anything. It was very surprising when in one day I went form the "Sleepy Hollow" green circle to "Good time Charlie" black diamond in one day.
     Even though the boy Eragon and myself don't have much in common, there were the connections above that I made.