In this chapter, Jon is approached by a big fat guy named Sam Taly. Sam informs the men that he was sent to the wall for some training. He is ordered to fight Halder, which did not seem like a fair fight. Halder is 16 years old, tall, and skinny. Sam is fat and doesn't know how to fight. With that being said, he lost miserably. Sam opens up to Jon and tells him about his dad and tells him why he joined the Night's Watch. Jon listens and starts to like Halder, and feels bad about the brutal beat down he got from Halder that day.
I picked this chapter because I liked Sam's character a lot. It seems like he knows that he can't fight, he even admits that he's a coward. I like that about him because it shows that he is not trying to act like something he is not. This chapter is important to the book because it shows violence in a different type of way. Although the boys are always fighting at the wall, they were approached with something new in this chapter to deal with. (Sam Taly). I think this chapter could relate to the violence issue we have been talking about in class. Why did Halden continue to beat Sam when he was already winning? What was the point of this fight?
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