Icefall **LATE**

Pages: 23-50
Prompt: Are the characters realistic (do they seem like they could be read people)? Why

or why not?

     I think that the characters are realistic.  Maybe not realistic to this day, but during the time period the the book takes place which seems to be the middle ages, I would say that the characters would be realistic.  They seem to have thoughts similar to us if we would have been in their situation (under attack).  Like most people, they form strong bonds with other characters that are introduced in the beginning of the book, or later on in the story.  Or they form strong dislikes.  

     The main character Solveig has a best friend Raudi who has been her best friend since they were both little, but they have grown more distant over the years/gotten older.  Naturally, Solvieg is confused as to why Raudi is starting to treat her differently.  She starts to wonder what happened to make them increasingly more distant.  She also forms a pretty strong bond with a goat, Hilda.  She always lets the goat sleep with her, defends the goat from being eaten (since she does nothing but eat and produces nothing).

SPOILERS

     Solvieg also seems to form strong dislikes very close to the beginning.  Since they are being attacked, and since she is a princess, the King sent his best men to guard her in the time of war, the Berserkers.  They all get drunk, swear, and fight all the time so it is easy to understand why she doesn't like them.  The thing that really gets her upset is when they KILL Hilda.  Solvieg is going to bed and since Hilda is not allowed to sleep with her in the place which they are hiding, she puts her at the end of the hallway.  She goes into her room and falls asleep.  When she wakes up she starts to look for Hilda.  She looks in the freezer to see if she is eating something, but she finds a dead Hilda hanging from the ceiling.