Repetition

I observed a lot of things in the chapter I observed. I think for the most part there were major themes in Jon Snows chapter. To begin with Snow seems to be moving away from the outsider role that he had been in and taking one that is far more like a leadership role. When he speaks people listen. This is the idea in multiple instances. The first is when Sam is being attacked for the first time and Jon stops it, the weapons master says that “Lord Snow speaks and the peasants listen”. This is the amount of power that Snow has where he can command his brothers to stop despite the orders of a superior. Also to keep Sam from being hurt too badly he instructs them all as to how they will act around him, even going to the length of a threat when one of his brothers ignores his orders. It is this leadership that is mentioned constantly and Jon is that leader. The idea of brotherhood is an important constant throughout this section, because despite having his half brothers at home Snow takes an interest and conforms to the life of his new brothers. They begin to act in a uniform fashion and therefore are better off than where they had been before. The last word I picked out was the word Craven, it is basically another way of saying coward. This binary device of bravery vs. cowardice is at play throughout the section. At two different ends, Jon is what we consider brave, he is well spoken, good at combat, and at the wall of his own free will. Sam is a polar opposite in that he is uninterested in swordsmanship, has interests in music, and gets sick at the sight of blood. Jon and Sam are very different and yet they both have their moments where they show sides opposite of their natures.