The Eyes of the Dragon Essays -- essays research papers

A kingdom is in turmoil as the old King Roland dies and its worthy successor, Prince jibe, must do battle to claim what is rightly his. Plotting against him is the evil Flagg and his pawn, young Prince Thomas. Yet with every plan there are holes like Thomass terrible secret. And the located Prince Peter, who is planning a daring escape from his imprisonment (very first page)The sequence of events that occur in the plot go like this Two sons are born(p) from Queen Sasha and King Roland, Prince Peter then Prince Thomas. Fearing that the Queen Sasha would ruin his plans, Flagg, the several hundred years old magician and royal advisor succeeded in deposing of her when Peter is only five. Eleven years later, after Peter served the King his nightly glass of vine, Flagg came in and killed Roland by offering him a second glass of wine that was poison. Peter was found guilty of the murder, as Flagg had planned, and was sentenced to life imprisonment atop a tower called the Needle by And ers Peyna, the Judge-General. Peter would spend a safe(p) five years in the Needle until he decides to make a successful escape, only to encounter Flagg for a final confrontation.Thomas, one of the main characters, is a particularly interesting character for several reasons. First the narrator, portrayed as a storyteller, describes Thomas as the weak, vulnerable, sad, confused, lonely younger brother of Prince Peter, who was the heir of...