Third Blog Post

I chose Sansa's chapter 293-304. The chapter opens with Sansa soaking in all the glory that is this tournament thrown in honor of the King's Hand. She admires all the "heroes of a hundred songs" and names a few brave men she knows who will be jousting in the tournament. She describes the terrifying moment Ser Gregor's lance went through a young knight's throat and killed him, spilling blood everywhere. She enjoys a fun time at the banquet while Joffrey pretends to be a gentleman and everybody starts getting a little too into the wine. Joffrey, too lame to do it himself, calls upon Sandor Clegane to walk her back to her room where he scares the bejeezus out of her with a story about his awful brother.

I believe this chapter is important because it reveals some new information that opens our eyes. Sandor Clegane, or as Joffrey so eloquently calls him, "Dog", maybe isn't as terrifyingly awful as we thought he was. His brother is a bit of a psycho and caused a lot of issues in his life that turned him a bit hard to the world and, quite literally, scarred him. Though he went about this story in a creepy way, we are starting to see that he is a man who is devoted to his duty. We start to kind of feel bad for him even though we are still a bit afraid of him and I think his devotion to Sansa is something that will develop even further as the story goes. I also enjoy this chapter because it just gives a good look at the medieval lifestyle. The brave knights in their honorable cloaks and mail and mighty horses, the lush banquets and bountiful food and drink. This all goes to show how expensive this probably cost and is another point towards the debt Robert is putting himself in to the Lannister. Debt is obviously not good and the Lannisters are definitely people that like to be repaid.