Christopher Paolini is a 34 year old American author. Immediately after high school Christopher began to work on a book he called, Eragon; the first book of the inheritance series. He finished the book in 2002, and got Eragon published by his parents company. In an attempt to promote the book further, Paolini traveled to some one-hundred and thirty-five schools, discussing reading, and writing, while dressed up in medieval garb (kerm). He found quite a bit of success in doing this, and got his book a little, but loyal fan base. By some lucky chance, the stepson of a popular author known as Carl Hiaase, found Eragon in a book store; and he loved it. Though Christopher Paolini was already promoting his book, this allowed for him to be published under a bigger, more known branch of publishers Carl Hiaasen's was a part of, and Knopfe published it. This put fourth for the first book in the Inheritance cycle to go on to being a New York Times best selling book in the year of 2003, while Christopher Paolini was only a mere nineteen years of age. The Inheritance cycle has to this day sold over thirty-five million copies, allowing for Christopher Paolini to publish other series and have an automatic fan base due to his large popularity. In this novel you can see the development of Christopher Paolini as a writer and see his skill level and intuition grow with age, but still having an imagination enough to right the story.
Out of all of the characters in the Inheritance cycle, I believe Christopher Paolini most relates/sees himself as of course is the main character Eragon. I believe this because both he and Eragon are different. In Christopher Paolini's early years he had trouble fitting in, and he always felt a little out of place. Eragon is in many ways like this. He is a poor outcast farm boy, but is destined for greatness like Christopher Paolini. Christopher Paolini became a very rich known man, somewhat like Eragon. Eragon is also very noble, and Christopher Paolini believes himself to be noble as seen by him dressing up in medieval garb, for the satisfaction of children of all ages, mainly younger children.
Out of all of the characters in the Inheritance cycle, I believe Christopher Paolini most relates/sees himself as of course is the main character Eragon. I believe this because both he and Eragon are different. In Christopher Paolini's early years he had trouble fitting in, and he always felt a little out of place. Eragon is in many ways like this. He is a poor outcast farm boy, but is destined for greatness like Christopher Paolini. Christopher Paolini became a very rich known man, somewhat like Eragon. Eragon is also very noble, and Christopher Paolini believes himself to be noble as seen by him dressing up in medieval garb, for the satisfaction of children of all ages, mainly younger children.