1/28/10
Brianne Nguyen
The Name of the Windby Patrick Rothfuss
3 Hours
Pages: 1-103(103 pages this week)
What character do you like most in this book and/or what character do you like least? Why?
As I began reading The Name of the Wind, we met four characters, all young men and farmers. I assumed that these would be the main characters of the story. I was wrong however. The main character became a man I hardly noticed for the first two chapters. The innkeeper, whose name was Kote, and as I unraveled the history around him, he instantly became my favorite. Kote, who from the beginning informs us that his name is an alias, is running from the law. His real name is Kvothe. But he has been called The Flame, The Thunder, Six-String, Kvothe the Bloodless, Kvothe the Arcane, and Kvothe Kingkiller. This is what makes him so interesting. Though they tell us what he has been called. Patrick Rothfuss has yet so reveal why he has been called that. Kvothe is a man some think of as myth, a scribe informed him when he realized who he was. But all you first see him as is a innkeeper. His is an intelligent man, brilliant in how he learned a language in a day, and you see him write in phonetics fifteen minutes after seeing it for the first time. It is said Kvothe is barely 26, though he is always described as having deep lines in his face. There is an eternal shroud of mystery surrounding Kvothe, but you know he is capable and has had a full and exciting life. That is what makes me love him.
Which character would you like to be like? In what way? Why?
I would really like to be like Kvothe. He seems to have no problem learning something new. He's super smart, even at the age of nine a graduated student of the university is schooling him. He memorizes almost anything he hears. His curiosity allows hims to soak up all information around him. He has the ability to be the best at anything he tries his hand at. Who wouldn't want to be brilliant, and never struggle learning. There are problems that come with his intelligence, but if I could pick someone to be like I would pick Kvothe, if not for his life, for his brain.
