Chapter Summary:
Arya's chapter begins with her trying to catch a black tomcat in the castle, and during her time chasing after the cat and finally catching him, she is found in front of Princess Myrcella and Prince Tommemen. When she is found with the cat in her arms, the prince and princess begin to question who she is and why she is her, but instead of referring her to a girl, they refer to her as a boy. Eventually, they both recognize her and the guardsmen began to run after. Panicked, Arya bounds through the castle and ends up in the dungeons. While in the dungeons and searching for the main part of the castle, she overhears two men speaking of a plan to kill a fourteen year old girl, and a plan to kill Arya's father Eddard. Once Arya finds her way out of the dungeons she ends up at a lake outside of the castle, washes her clothes and herself, and then heads back. Arya is brought to her father where she tells him what she had heard from the "wizard" and the "mummer", to which no avail, he does not believe her and sends her off to bed.
Reaction/Analysis:
First off, this chapter was very enjoyable. I feel that while we do see much of Arya, this truly showed just how tomboy and childish she is. In a way, her chapter adds a little more normalcy to the time period, and depicts the breach of gender norms for the female. In my opinion, I feel that George R.R. Martin wrote this chapter in order to not only highlight the nature of Arya, but to present new information in an interesting, yet cliche, way. This also foreshadows events that are to take place in later chapters, while opening up a whole new plot twist to A Game of Thrones. At the end of this chapter Arya says with innocent observation, "'The Lannisters have more than fifty men."' I would say that this statement alone foreshadows a possible war later in the book.
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