Game of Thrones Blog 4

Summary:

       For this week's blog, I decided to review Daenares' last chapter, as I'm sure many will.  In this chapter, it starts with Dany about to eat a stallion heart for a tribal ritual.  It is supposed to make her baby a strong leader, but she is nervous to do it.  She eats it, and the book is extremely detailed in describing it.  As she is eating it, she periodically looks at Khal, and she thinks that he is proud of her for doing it.  The elders give a prophecy as to what her son will be like, and they say he will be a powerful leader.  She declares that she will name him Rhaego and there is cheering and chanting as Drogo leads here from the pit.  Drogo asks where she came up with that name and she says that her brother's name was Rhaegar and that he died before she was born.  She bathes and her and Drogo have sex.  She then talks to sir Jorah, and asks where her brother was.  He said that he saw him that morning, and that he was looking for wine.  He also reminds her that they are in a sacred city where blood may not be shed.  Her brother then shows drunk, and in a rage.  He then threatens Dany with a blade, and demands his crown from Drogo.  Drogo calls out to his men who break his wrist and bind him.  Khal takes the medallions off of his belt and puts them in a cooking pot to melt them.  He pours the molten gold over Viserys' head, killing him.  

Discussion:

       In the larger scheme of things, this chapter does a good job of tying off some of the questions the reader is asking.  For example, in Dany's 2nd to last chapter it mentions that the elders will give a prophecy to see how her baby will be, and in her last chapter it answers it.  Also in that chapter, she hits her brother and tells him that Khal will kill him if he learns of his disrespect, and this turns out to be foreshadowing.  I chose this chapter to write about because it is so easy to write about because so much happens.  I really enjoyed this chapter because it went several places in the span of just 10 pages or so.  It could open the discussion for the role of women in modern day society vs. that of women in medieval times.