The title of the novel that I read is Dragon's Blood. The author of Dragon's Blood is Jane Yolen. The major character in Dragon's Blood, Jakkin, is introduced after the prolog, and talks about how he is looking for a dragon. The reason why he wants a dragon is to fill his "bond bag" with gold for him. This means that he is a slave and wants to buy himself out of bondage. The setting of Dragon's Blood is mentioned in the prolog. In the prolog, it states that the boy Jakkin lives on Austar IV, which is a desert planet. When I read this, I immediately thought that there most likely is an Austar III etc. On Austar IV, Jakkin lives in a nursery for dragons. This is where he steals his dragon.
The plot of this book is about Jakkin, who is in bondage. He steals a hatchling from the nursery, and raises it as his own. The reason why he did this, is to free himself from bondage. Jakkin has an external conflict with Akki, Jakkin's master's daughter. Jakkin also has an internal conflict with himself. The climax of Dragon's Blood is when the dragon Red, also known as Heart's Blood, wins her first pit fight. She almost kills her opponent because the other dragon does "Fools Pride". "Fools Pride" is when a really good dragon is defeated and starts to whine implying finish me now. If a dragon kills another dragon then the killer either gets slaughtered or goes straight to the stews. Instead Jakkin persuades Red not to kill the other dragon and therefore Jakkin's Red wins the tournament. The resolution is when Jakkin is finally freed from bondage. Jakkin's master Sarkkhan frees him. Sarkkhan becomes Jakkin's sponsor because only the first match is free, the others cost money. Anyone who has the double "k" in his or her name is either a slave or was a slave.
Jakkin Stewart is the main character, and he is fifteen years old at the present time. The reason why he was sold into bondage was because his father died when a feral (free) dragon attacked him.
My research project is on dragons. Why did I choose dragons? ... Some of today's real living dragons are the Komodo and Water Dragons. ... Two of the biggest known types are the Western Dragon and the Chinese Dragon. ... It lays eggs and has hollow bones like a bird, has scales like a reptile, and the warm blood of a mammal. ...
Description of a Dragon Dragons are large reptilian creatures with a strong layer of scales and cold blood in their veins. There are legends of dragons from all over the world but the two main types of dragons are the eastern dragon (mainly from China or Japan) and the western dragon (Europe). Eastern dragons are quite different from those found in the west. ... The number of toes a dragon had represented which Asian country it originated in: 3 toed dragons are Japanese, 4 toed dragons are Korean, and 5 toed dragons are Chinese. ... Unlike the eastern dragon the western dragons have the a...
They have names such as "Mad Swan Bloods, Miller Gangster Bloods", just to name a couple. ... Fifteen of the Blood gangs reside there. ... Another blood tattoo is an RBD tattoo, (Red Blood Dragons). ... Sometimes the word "Blood" is seen underneath it and sometimes "Blood" is also seen written on the right hand. ... This rule also goes for the Bloods. ...
Beowulf picked it up with no problem and struck the she monster ripping flesh and splattering her blood, killing her. The blood got to the water and the people watching, waiting for Beowulf to come back up saw the blood, think it was his, loosing hope and faith on Beowulf. ... The fire dragon had appeared, threatening the people of Beowulf. But once again Beowulf had no fear of fighting this dragon. ... Together they kill the dragon but Beowulf or hurt really bad. ...
I chose the song "Demons,"" by Imagine Dragons. ... When your dreams all fail and the ones we hail, are the worst of all and the blood's run stale. " Cold days symbolize sadness and rough times "when your demons are bringing you down. ... Plus if your heart stops beating, your blood becomes deoxygenated and you die. ...
First of all, the monsters in Beowulf such as, Grendel, Grendel's mother and the dragon are all made of fiction and they symbolize fear. ... Second, choosing the dragon to be the guard of the treasures cave was a nice idea although, it sounds little factionary. Children don't know what a dragon is or why did the author chose it to be the guard while adults do. As I said Dragons symbolizes fear for being scary, huge and throwing fire out of their mouths, that's why I think it was a perfect idea from the author for choosing a dragon as a guard. ... For example, when B...
In actuality, Beowulf is a cold-blooded murderer. ... In the storyline there was a dragon whose sole purpose in life was to guard human treasure. ... One day when the dragon was just doing his job, Beowulf decided that he should die. Beowulf savagely exterminated the dragon for simply doing that which he was trained to do. ...
They include a fire breathing dragon and sea monsters (Burlin 119). ... Grendel eats the flesh and blood of men and enters their houses by way of doors (Nicholson 74). ... Finally, Beowulf kills Grendel's mother, and her blood melts his sword (Bloom 16). ... He believes that Grendel is much better suited than a dragon; however, a dragon turns up in Beowulf. ... Dragon fights and fire-breathing dragons were prevalent in medieval literature. ...
