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Game of Thrones: The Battle Lines Drawn Between the Old and the New in “Book of the Stranger”
The battle lines are being drawn in Game of Thrones, not between the Starks and the Lannisters, or between the good guys and the bad guys, but rather between the old and the new. The side of history, of tradition, of the way things have always been, stands poised against the onslaught of the novel and disruptive ideas that threaten to “break the wheel” and introduce a new order. “Book of the Stranger” sets up these conflicts between the past and the future as it darts across Westeros and beyond.
Posted in Game of Thrones, Television
Tagged Daario Naharis, Daenerys Targaryen, Episode Reviews, Game of Thrones S06E04, Game of Thrones Season 6, Grey Worm, High Sparrow, Jon Snow, Jorah Mormont, Littlefinger, Missandrei, Ramsay Bolton, Sansa Stark, Theon Greyjoy, Tyrion Lannister, Yara Greyjoy
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Game of Thrones: The Futility of the Struggle in “Oathbreaker”
“I fought. I lost. Now I rest…You’ll be fighting their battles forever.” Alliser Thorne’s last words hang over “Oathbreaker.” The grand stories we tell both eschew and crave finality. A good journey has a beginning, a middle, and an end, but when we’re truly invested in it, we don’t want the ride to stop. We crave the spills, chills, and surprises. So heroes come back from the dead, siblings thought long lost reappear, and like the white walkers headed toward the gate, the story marches on.
