Analysis Of A Clash Of Kings By George R. Martin

A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin the second book in his series A Song of Ice and Fire is about the war for who is the rightful King of Westeros. The main houses that are involved in the war are the Starks, Lannisters, and the two Baratheon brothers. Robb Stark is wanting to be seperate form the kingdom and wanting to be King in the North and ruling over the small houses in the north. Joffrey Baratheon or more like his mother Cersei Lannister wants to stop the war and get rid of not only the Starks but the Baratheons as well. And the Baratheon brothers Stannis and Renly, they both want to be the King of Westeros and are not only fighting Joffrey but also each other. George R. R. Martin's A Clash of Kings, published in 2011, sends the

She doesn’t have her own chapters in the book but she is always mentioned in Tyrion Lannisters chapters, Martin wrote “Tyrion reflected on the men who had been Hand before him, who had proved no match for his sisters wiles. How could they be? Men like that ... too honest to live, too noble to shit, Cersei devours such fools every morning when she breaks her fast. The only way to defeat my sister is to play her own game, and that was something the Lords Stark and Arryn would never do.” (pg. 405). In this quote Tyrion was comparing Cersei to the noblemen that had tried to play her game, lost, and were killed. She always has something or someone up her sleeve so she is able to keep order in her corrupted kingdom, playing her game of thrones getting rid of those in her way or trying to get rid of her. The description of the men that Cersei that she had killed, the men who had wanted to keep their reputation clean and their pride strong, fell into her trap of lies and deception thinking that she was like them. They were very wrong, she doesn’t care what the people think because she denies it even though it is found to be true. So the characterization of Cersei Lannister helps send the message because she is one of the characters that others should be cautious with what is told to her and what is done around her. If she finds out someone

More than halfway through the book the rising action is still being added to. The characters that are seeing and being apart of the action are the ones that are at the center of the war. Martin wrote “Do all maesters lie so poorly? I told Varys that I was giving Prince Doran my nephew Tommen to foster. I told Littlefinger that I planned to wed Myrcella to Lord Robert of the Eyrie. I told no one that I offered Myrcella to the Dornish ... that truth was only in the letter that I entrusted to You.”(pg 409). At this point in the story Tyrion was trying to figure out who reported to Cersei. And this added to the plot because this is the ending of Tyrion's plan to stop the queen from manipulating more and from her learning his plan. So the plot structure helps send the message by George Martin continuing to add to the rising action, adding to the suspense of the story, making the reader on edge on who is trustworthy of other characters trust. With having the characters show their true self or being called out on being the one who shares all they