Eragon In Ayn Rand's Eldest

Throughout the book Eldest, Eragon can be characterized as naive and adapt. To begin, Eragon can be characterized as naive. One example is Eragon’s mindless pursuit of Arya. Eragon says, “Arya, I’ll do anything to win your hand. I would follow you to the ends of the earth. I would build a palace for you with nothing but my bare hands. I would—” (Paolini, 473). This conversation left Arya angry and she clearly does not wish to speak with him any further, but Eragon finds her to be cruel, proving that he is naive. Another example is Eragon’s misunderstanding of many lessons throughout the book. The book says, “Master, I could listen every night and day for the next twenty years and still not know everything that goes on in the forest” (Paolini, 346). Eragon clearly does not understand why he has to
meditate in the forest every day because he does not yet realize why he needs to take in the information of every creature in the forest. A final example is Eragon’s initial reason for why he wants to overthrow Galbatorix.
The book states, “why do you fight the Empire… ‘As I said before, to help those who suffer from Galbatorix’s rule and, to a lesser extent for personal vengeance… won’t your war with Galbatorix cause more pain than it will ever prevent?” (Paolini, 351). Judging by Oromis’ reaction to Eragon’s reason for fighting, he wants him to think harder about why he is at war with the Empire, but Eragon does not yet fully know himself. Secondly, Eragon can be characterized as adapt. The first example is how Eragon is adapt is how he left the humans and dwarves to live with the elves whom Eragon had nearly no knowledge of culture-wise or custom-wise. Eragon had to become accustomed to their greeting and their love for dragons. Being the only human in Ellesmera proved to be lonely for Eragon, much like how Orik felt being the only dwarf in Ellesmera. To continue, Eragon is also adapt because he adjusted when his body transformed from a human form to an elf form during the Agaetí Blödhren. To conclude, Eragon displayed that he is adapt when he realized that he was not the only rider besides
Galbatorix. The book says, “Eragon fell to his knees, his face upturned. I’m not alone. . . .” (Paolini, 267). Being the only sane Rider left proved to be very troubling for Eragon and this new revelation gave him newfound hope and a new mindset. Ultimately, Eragon can be characterized as naive and adapt throughout the book Eldest.