A Song of Ice and Fire

Tyrion is a fictional character in the book series, “A Song of Ice and Fire” by George R.R. Martin and the television adaption Game of Thrones on HBO. Tyrion is a dwarf born to Lord Tyrian Lannister, of the House of Lannister, which is comparable to the modern day Rockefeller family. Tyrion, was hated by his father and his sister and is referred to as “the monster who killed his mother.” His father could never accept his dwarfism and was treated like a second class person, with limited rights

A Song of Fire and Ice “A Clash of Kings,” is the second installment to the “A Song of Fire and Ice,” series. The author, George R. R. Martin has written a total of seven books in this series. Martin has expressed feelings and similar situations to the audience, using a variety of characters. The characters’ help preserve the reader’s commitment to the books, and wish for the series to never end. Unfortunately, we all know that he won’t be able to keep writing the series, but are grateful to be

One of the most recognizable characters of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire is Hodor. His real name is Walder. He lives with great-grandmother – Old Nan at Winterfell. For some unexplained reason, he cannot say anything apart from '‘Hodor’'. His mother once said: '‘No one knew where '‘Hodor’' had come from, but when he started saying it, they started calling him by it. It was the only word he had.’' (Martin 242) It can be connected with his mental disability. What is more, he is from

A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of books written by George R.R. Martin that is set in a fantasy world with medieval style combat and politics. Several characters in this series are inspired by individuals that were involved in an English war during the medieval era. A major source of inspiration for George R.R. Martin was the Wars of the Roses, which occurred in England from 1455 to 1487, and this helped him create several of his main characters including: Tyrion Lannister, Joffrey Baratheon,

Although William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, and George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series (alternatively called Game of Thrones), takes setting in different periods of time, they are both quite similar to one another. Primarily, both works have a similar story structure, with narration by a variety of different characters. Additionally, both works are set in a fictional place similar to actual places, both works contain similar values and themes, and both works contain a variety of different

Yana G., Andreana Y., Sohail M., Nicholas D., Ishan P. Ms. Elliott AP English Literature 5 23 February 2016 A Brief Comparison of Themes in A Song of Ice and Fire and Hamlet While the works were created in two completely different genres and time periods, much of the themes and symbols in George R. R. Martin’s high fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire can be mirrored in Shakespeare’s work, namely Hamlet. The motifs of universal mortality, filial duty to revenge and the deconstruction of idealism

“Good people… are good because they've came to wisdom through failure”(William Saroyan). Failing leads to success, by failing knowledge is obtained and through knowledge comes wisdom. In the book Game of Thrones A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 1 by George R.R. Martin, the characters Tyrion Lannister and Daenerys Targaryen prove that through failing comes a strong mind. Tyrion Lannister proves that his problems can be obtained through discovering an opposers weakness, and Daenerys learns even those

A lot of the character development and events that take place in A Song of Ice and Fire happen because of one large word we call “love”, and whether that be in terms of a brother, child, or partner it can make us do some pretty crazy things. A time in particular that represents this is when Bran is climbing around Winterfell and he catches brother and sister Jaime and Cersei Lannister having intercourse. Jaime proceeds to push Bran off of the window sill in an attempt to kill him, but instead grants

Game of thrones is the first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire series. It was first published in 1996. The plot of this book is set in an alternative universe, in some ways similar to our medieval ages. But it also contains some supernatural aspects (dragons, magic). Each chapter of this novel is written in the third person limited point of view of various characters. In this volume, there are eight main character that tell their stories. The story takes place in a fictional world called Westeros

Anxious attachment style Lysa Arryn from the novel “A Song of Ice and Fire” (Martin, 1996, 2000) Jealousy: Lysa was romantically interested in Petyr Baelish, however, Petyr constantly ignored Lysa and was romantically interested in Catelyn Stark who was Lysa’s sister (Martin, 1996). Consequently, Lysa became extremely jealous of Catelyn for stealing Petyr away from her (Martin, 2000). Lysa’s jealousy reached a climax when she became jealous of Sansa Stark who inherited many physical features