Ice Wind-Dale by R.A Salvatore Essay -- English Literature

Ice Wind-Dale by R.A SalvatoreA sacred scripture I have read recently and enjoyed was Ice Wind-Dale by R.ASalvatore. I received this take hold as a present and was intimidated byits sheer size, but was blessed as it was the greatest book that Ihave ever read. It was the only book that has made me depressedbecause of stopping office it and yet was still satisfied and not leftwanting. Salvatore created the perfect setting, characters and game tomake the book so memorable. The plot is straight forward as the bookis actu all in ally a trilogy, and so the story evolves from one book to thenext.I will now take the three best peculiaritys of this book being thesetting, characters and plot explaining how it made the bracing soincredibly complete.The start-off feature that I would like to discuss is the setting.Ice Wind-Dale, a super acid squ are miles of barren down(p) tundra, hasbeen described as one of the or so unwelcoming lands in all the realmsRight at the start of the novel we are given a vivid picture of thisprovince. This makes you feel more at home with the plot as we nowunderstand the land our adventurers moldiness traverse. Salvatore managesto emphasise this description by using subtle techniques like personification in the word unwelcoming and alliteration in thewords barren brokenThis all adds to the completeness or wholeness of the novel. Bycreating the perfect setting you therefore enhance the plot thereforemaking the characters more memorable.This leads me to the next feature of the novel, the characters.Drizzit du-urden trotted along silently, his soft low cut bootsbarely stirring the dust. He kept the cowl of his brown cloak pulledlow over the silky waves of his dark white hair and moved with much(prenominal)effortless tenderness that an onlooker... ...s of invaders with fiery eyes, watching as the battle was aboutwas about to commence...I remember it being about four oclock in the morning when I read thatexcerpt. I simply could not p ut it down. It filled me with suchsuspense that by putting the book down at that point would have feltsinful. I had to read on. It is points like that in this novel thatmakes it so incredibly complete and satisfying.In conclusion R.A Salvatore created an extremely fountainhead crafted novelconcentrating only on the features relevant to the story, these beingthe setting, characters and plot (unlike headmaster of the Rings which isfull of sub-plots and hidden themes). By focusing in on these featureshe makes the novel so satisfying that you are left piteous to havefinished it. Ice Wind-Dale is a work of art, in all one thousand andfour pages of glory and I would recommend it to anyone.