Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Game of Thrones-Daenerys pg99

Summary
Daenery Targaryen is controlled by her brother, Viserys. Viserys has made a deal with the leader of the Dothraki, Khal Drogo. The deal is that Khal will marry Dany and in return, Khal will help Viserys gain back the kingdom that their family had lost. The chapter begins with their marriage and then continues to the celebration after. Dany is seated on a mound next to her now husband, as her brother is seated with others below, which he hates. The scene of Dothraki is described, these people are like animals, beasts. Dany is afraid and the way the celebration plays out brings out more fear. It is said that 12 men died during the celebration and their is a scene where men just start mating with the women right in front of everyone and then they fight over the woman. The man that wins, just grabs a totally different woman and takes her right there in front of everyone. Dany feels alone, the people do not speak the same language and she is basically a marionette of her brothers. She is worried about her every move and her stomach is in such turmoil she can't even eat. Her new husband does not even notice her. Dany is approaching the end of the night and she is terrified of what will happen with Khal. Soon, she begins to receive gifts and they are very nice. She received dragon eggs from Magister Illyrio which she appreciated very much and she received items from various Dothraki to include their style in clothes etc. Finally, she recieves the gift from her husband, it is a horse. Her husband lifts her up and places her on the horse. She is unaware of how she should respond and one of the men tells her to ride the horse around. Her husband chose a silver horse for the silver of her hair. She loses herself riding the horse and it is the first relief that she has had. When she gets back to where her husband is she has Magister Illyrio tell her husband that he has given her the wind and this is the first time that she sees him smile. Before Dany and her new husband set off, Viserys grabs Dany by the thigh and threatens which adds the pressure again. He tells her to please Khal Drogo, and she is already fearing their time together. The chapter ends with Khal being much sweeter to her than expected.
Response
I chose this chapter because I felt so connected to Dany from the first chapter over her character. I was so concerned for her and after some of the appalling things that have happened so far I assumed that this wedding would be torturous. As I read about everything I felt nervous and afraid for her as well. The entire time I kept thinking that she should run. I also chose this because it shows that something big is brewing. Dany's brother is trying to overthrow the king, and he is very eager to do so. Although I personally see him as a weasel, things are falling into place for him to start the war that he wants. The treatment of Dany makes me sick at first, to think of her being sold. Later it comes to a better ending. I was very surprised at the way Khal actually treated her at the end and based off the description of him, I expected something very violent to happen. I am very happen that he was kind to her. The entire scene of them together, I imagined a Hellboy type man (huge) with this tiny young girl. She even says that she felt fragile like glass next to him. This chapter also introduces another character Ser Jorah Mormont. We realize later that this man is a sort of spy for the now-King and that he has informed them of the union between Dany and Dothraki. There is one thing that strikes me odd about the union though. The Targaryen have bred within the same bloodline for ages, therefore to keep the line going Viserys and Dany would need to have children. So he sold her to Khal to obtain the throne, but even when he does get it the "true" blood line will end with him. This tells me Viserys is very selfish, and not really that smart or thinking about the future at all. Just power hungry.

3 comments:

  1. Quite an in depth summary; I am more informed than having read the book myself.

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  2. Lol I know once I started it just kept coming...I realize it was meant to be 1 to 3 sentences but I felt that wasn't enough

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  3. This was a great post, detailed and interesting both in the summary and the analyzsis. They do not have to all be this long, but the main point of latching onto something and developing it definitely worked!

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