Myall Budden #7/13

“The moon had risen late that night and shone brightly on the frost-silvered stones outside the inn.”

Initially reading this passage, my mind immediately strayed to Stone Henge. The mystery that surrounds the strange stones seems to create a mystical glow that draws thousands of people from around the world. The moon illuminates the night sky in an almost eerie way, and the way it is described in this passage adds an element of eeriness to the story. The way the author words the sentence creates a tone of anticipation and the detail of the “frost-silvered stones” is a nice sensory detail that allows readers to relate to something. The below picture is also somewhat eerie because of the perfect circle of rocks in the field and the unknown of the picture.Also, the perspective of the picture taken makes it look as if someone is peering down at the field just as the character in the book is looking out of the inn. There is also further relation because of the silver on the rock as well as the silver reflection on the rock in the passage.

David Eddings, Pawn of Prophecy (New York: Ballantine Books, 1982), page 101

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