Last Chapter

Last Chapter (Daenerys)
During this chapter, Daenery's puts together a funeral for Drogo. Daenery's offers some of her servants gifts in return for their loyalty to her. She then lights a fire, meant to burn Drogo's corpse, and places the dragon eggs in it. Daenery's steps into the fire. Even though she hears people shrieking in terror she wants to tell them " do not fear for me. The fire is mine. I am Daenery's Stormborn, daughter of dragons, bride of dragons, mother of dragons, don't you see?" Almost an entirely new character from the one we saw at the beginning of the novel, Daenery's confidently emerges from the fire with three dragons.

This chapter is important in the context of the story as a whole because of the reoccurring idea of the "dragon era" (the rule of the Targaryen's).  Daenery's emergence with the dragons brings back the idea of how Daenery's was supposed to give birth to "the stallion who mounts the world." While Daenery's gave birth to a stillborn, she was able to gain unquestionable loyalty from her servants because "for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons." So, although the reader was led to believe "the stallion" would be Daenery's son, it is now possible that "the stallion" refers to either Daenery's herself or the dragons that are draped around her.

I chose this chapter because I found it really interesting. Throughout the book characters talked about the disappearance/extinction of dragons, but Daenery's attachment to her dragon eggs made the reader wonder if dragons would reemerge in the novel. I also chose this chapter because of how this chapter reflects on the idea of women in society.  Before the event at Drogo's funeral, some of Daenery's servants seemed hesitant "to be [a] bloodrider to a woman." However, after the event, people looked in awe and fell to their knees murmuring, "blood of my blood." As a result of this Daenery's knew that these people would undoubtably follow her and leaves the reader wondering if the kingdom will look up to a queen with no husband.