One Fan's Notes

43 AGOT Tyrion 6: Telling Bronn? After Jaime confessed to having hired Tysha for Tyrion and arranged the whole thing, Tywin gave her to...

A theme that first builds in A Storm of Swords with Daenerys's conquest of Slaver's Bay. A sub-theme of Worse Man and Lord's Take 13 AGOT...

Originating mid-way through A Game of Thrones, Worse Man carries the idea that the problem with a might makes right philosophy is not...

Opening in A Feast for Crows around the Kingsmoot and the Night's Watch election of Jon as Lord Commander, focus on elections continues...

A subtheme of Lord's Take 4 AGOT Daenerys I: Powers position in peace time. 5 AGOT Eddard I: Robert experiences politics as a snake pit....

67 AGOT Bran VII: Luwin watches a comet through his telescope. "The maester was peering through his big Mryish lens tube, measuring...

The errant hero mistakes himself for a loving savior. He uses the idea of serving others to act out unresolved issues, seeking...

1 AGOT Prologue: The arrogant, upjumped lordling on his first ranging is in command. He won't return without results, so ignores an...

Small councils we see: AGOT: Robert's through Ned's eyes, Robb's through Catelyn's, Tywin's through Tyrion's. Dany's through her own....

32 AGOT Tyrion IV: To communicate Littlefinger as a habitual liar, Tyrion tells Catelyn that Littlefinger boasts openly of her maidenhead...

Some of the questions characters ask are prompts designed to be explored by readers. Some from the list below may be clues from the...

An important subtheme of Brotherhood and Turncloak 2 AGOT Bran I: Bran wants to understand how both can be right when Jon and Robb...

In A Storm of Swords, Bran is given aid by a fellow traveler. In his next chapter, Bran sees a traveler he could similarly help. The old...

20 AGOT Jon III: Here For Life. Initially, Jon does not see the other recruits as his brothers. Jon feels deeply insulted that Ned...

AGOT 29 Catelyn V: When Catelyn asks “How fares your good lord, sers,” The captain of the Frey soldiers at the inn at the crossroads says...