Reading Response #1

Reading Response

By Jeff Hakala


Right now I'm reading Inheritance by Chris Paolini, but unfortunately, I either lost my journal, or didn't write it, or transferred late, or whatever.  The thing is that I messed up.  So I'm kind of feeling around in the dark here, trying to get this done before it's too late.

Here's a reading response from a scene in the Inheritance book I know I read in class.

Nasuada, leader of the Varden, the group of rebels that oppose the evil King Galbatorix, and his empire, is imprisoned, days before they plan to lay siege to the capital of, Uru Baen.  She is being tortured by the king.

Now, to me, this scene is anxious, and a little bit scary.  She is locked on a slab of rock, and forced to endure the King's impudence and falsehoods, and even while she learns of how misplaced she is, and argues about the fate of the whole land, she is being tortured with a hot poker.  Quite an intense scene, if I do say so myself.

I can see myself crumbling in this situation, or maybe holding firm.  Either way, it seems very unfair that as she is trying to do what she knows is right, she is being tortured for it.  What an unfortunate series of events.  It totally stinks for her.

All I can hope for is that she escapes before she swears to him in the ancient language and her cause is lost.  We will see.