Blog #2

I recently purchased and started reading the book Brisinger by Christopher Paolini. It is the 3rd book in a series of 4 books and as I was reading it I couldn't help but notice how much the main character, Eragon, has changed since the first book in this series. In the first book Eragon was rash and only longed for an adventure, but in this 3rd book, it is quite clear that he has changed a lot.He now contemplates his actions more and thinks about their consequences. In the first book I don't think it bothered Eragon when he killed other beings, but now as we get to the 3rd book, we can see that these killings have really started to take a toll on him. This is demonstrated very well on pg. 193 when Eragon asks his friend, Arya if she ever sees the people she kills staring back at her like he sees his kills staring at him. This shows that Eragon is becoming more and more bothered by the deaths he must inflict in order to save himself and others. Eragon also comes to realize the fine line between the difference of justice and revenge. Near the beginning of the 3rd book he encounters a man that has caused many of the deaths of his friends and fellow townspeople and yet he cannot kill him because he realizes that even though he wants to kill the man he can't because that would be revenge and also he does not hold the power to dispense justice, that is not his duty. So he lets the man go on a journey of redemption and if he reaches the end of that journey he will be well cared for. In the first book I don't think Eragon would have done that because he would have seen someone who hurt his friends and he would have killed him. Another thing Eragon begins to understand is that people can be redeemed for their wrong-doings and he begins to let them have chances to prove they can make up for what they have done wrong, as demonstrated in the case of the man he hates. I think that with all these factors combined we can definitely say that Eragon has matured as a character and as a person through all the hardships he has faced and he has changed for the better.