Thursday, November 11, 2010

Hjalti the Magnanimous!

My favorite character in the book Hrolf Kraki is Hott. Hott was buried in a pile of bones, where the king's knights kept throwing their scraps. When Bodvar went to join the king's kingdom, that's when he saw that the knights were being down right cruel to Hott. Bodvar was able to get Hott out of the bone pile and saw the skinniest person he had ever seen in his life. Well Bodvar wasn't going to take that anymore, so he grabbed Hott and told him that he needed to go see the king. After their visit with the king, both men were accepted to be knights at the kingdom. They both faught very well together while in battle. You would think since Hott is Bodvar's sidekick that he would be the one to get scared every once in a while, but most of the time he would be fighting better than Bodvar. The reason for that is because after Bodvar killed the dragon, he made the king still think it was alive, so to show the king that he was brave, Hott set off to the forest and drank the dragon's blood. That's really what showed the king how brave a knight Hott really was. Then that night during dinner, Hott was honored with the name Hjalti the Magnanimous.

1 comment:

  1. Nice essay! Very accurate to the story. Hott is a great character.

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