A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones Book Report
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Kassie Torres
Language Arts 3
March 20, 2014
A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones- being the first book in the series titled A Song of Ice and Fire- is truly amazing! 800 pages of action, romance and incredibly deep life lessons are what makes this story so absolutely wonderful. Set in medieval times on land that is entirely drawn up from imagination, A Game of Thrones tells the story of the many people living and fighting the politics of royalty, honor, duty and self-discovery in Westeros. Actually written close to two decades ago, the series made a remarkable comeback after it was picked up by HBO to be a TV series, and the author wrote another book to add to the story. The story is actually pretty impossible to condense into one page.
Summary
George R. R. Martin adds to the book in the fact that the story itself is split into eight different points of view. They are as follows: Lord Eddard Stark, Lady Catelyn Stark, Tyrion Lannister, Arya Stark, Sansa Stark, Bran Stark, Jon Snow, and Daenarys Targaryen. The story itself, however, really only has three main stories. The first follows the Stark family and all of the goings on that pertain to them. The next is about Dany, a princess growing up on the other side of the world and everything that leads to her ascent into adulthood. Lastly, the book follows Jon, the love child of Lord Stark and his change into being a man, including his life on the Wall.
Eddard Stark is the lord of the north, but he actually isn’t all that powerful. His best friend, King Robert Baratheon is, though. So when Robert asks Eddard to be the Kings Hand, Eddard is obligated to agree with his king. The fear for Eddard is everything that this will mean for him, and the tiny fact that the last hand died in a strange way. So, Eddard decides to go to King's Landing The issue here is, the Stark family doesn't get along so well with the Lannister family (the queen and her siblings and children). Cersei Lannister and her twin brother Jaime, have a dirty secret. The third Lannister sibling is Tyrion, and he is actually pretty cool. He's funny, clever, and a dwarf. The secret (drumroll) is that Cersei and Jaime are incestuous. When the family visits the...