Eragon, by Christopher Paolini.

The total number of pages in this book is 497.

Anna Nguyen, September 20th, 2013

The book I have read for my book report is titled Eragon and
is by Christopher Paolini. The story takes place in the land of
Alagesia, near Carvahall. Carvahall is described as the only village
in Palancar Valley, and surrounded by harsh, beautiful land. The
author does not specially state the date, but I inferred that it took
place in the medieval times, because they do not use any
technology or modern-day weapons, like guns, but instead they
use swords, knifes, maces, shields, spears, and hammers. The
main character of the story is Eragon, a young, poor farm boy
who seeks for riches to help support his Uncle Garrow, and his
cousin, Roran. Eragon is one of the few people who hunt in The
Spine, a ravenous, unforgiving land. The main conflict in the story
is that Eragon has to save the elf Arya from dying, because the
Empire forced her to drink a poison called Skilna Bragh.
The rising action in the book is when Eragon is captured by the
Empire, and ends up in the same cell as an elf that he has been
having visions about. Murtagh (An ally that helped Eragon and
Saphira in defeating a Razac) and Eragon had gotten attacked by
Urgals, and Eragon had been knocked unconscious, and woke up
laying in a cot in one the cell. Eragon had been drugged by a
drink which prevented him from using magic, or calling out to his
dragon, Saphira. The next day Eragon wakes up, he finds himself
with his powers back, and uses magic to escape with the elf and
Murtagh.
The conflict in the story is resolved when Murtagh, Eragon, and
Saphira take a dangerous trek to transport Arya to the Varden to
get her the antidote. Arya remained in a coma-like state, which

slowed the effects of the poison, giving them more time. The elf
Arya could mentally communicate with Eragon like him and
Saphira did, and she informed him that they needed to get to the
Varden, and told him how to get there. Eragon, Murtagh, and
Saphira had to cross over The Hadarac Desert, where Eragon
discovered he could bring up water from the sand, the Beor
Mountains, and Eragon and Murtagh had to have their mind
examined by spellcasters of the Varden to make sure they were
trustworthy. At last, the Varden had the antidote to save Arya and
bring her back to health.
The theme that was evident in the book was good versus evil.
Eragon and Saphira are trying to fight for the good, and help the
people, elves, and dwarves by defeating the king. I know this
because, he is against and unsupportive of the Empire, and is
siding and helping the Varden, an origination against the Empire.
The Empire, the King, his soldiers, the shades, and the Razac are
the villains, because they want to create more dragons and
dragon riders to help tyrant the land, and the King wants to be
more powerful and rule over humans, dwarves, and elves. They
are against the Varden and anyone who does not support them.
The authors purpose is to entertain his readers about a boy
named Eragon and his dragon, Saphira that have to help defeat
the Empire and stop the Kings tyranny.
What I enjoyed about the book was the action and the adventure.
For example, when the Urgals were chasing Murgath, Eragon and
Saphira the three had to battle them.. Another example is when
Eragon defeated the Razac in his first time using magic.
To sum it all up, I would recommend this book to kids or teens
who like fantasy like Percy Jackson or Harry Potter, because it has
a mixture of adventure, thrill, and magic. Also, the theme of
Eragon is similar to Harry Potter and Percy Jackson, because they
all have a good and evil theme in their series.