Eragon
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"Throw Stars Wars movies 4,5 and 6 in a blender along with the Lord of the Rings books, then water them down, and this is what you get." An anon's summary of the Inheritance Novels
Eragon is the titular character in the Inheritance Novels. He is also a Mary Sue.
The Setting
While the books are alright, the setting is a blatant copy of Middle-Earth (right down to having similar names for people and places). A few examples include the Princess Leia figure Arya (her name; Arwen + Leia = Arya. Or he read some of the Song of Ice and Fire series and took the name from Arya Stark). Her mother is the elf queen Galadriel... I mean Islanzadil (the latter being an obvious rip-off of the former) who lives in Lothlorien, I mean Du Weldenvarden. There's also Dwarfs, orc rip-offs called Urgals (they even have elite Uruk-hai rip-offs called Kull) in the story along with language guides at the end of each book. The second book introduces two Yoda figures in the form of the elf Oromis and his dragon Glaedr living in a remote reigon. They're both admittedly badass as they eventually fight despite being handicapped, Glaedr's missing a leg while Oromis suffers from something similar to epileptic fits; SPOILER they both die, while Glaedr even has a form of existence after death.
Compare and Contrast
Eragon himself is a medieval rip off of Luke Skywalker, copying his story in damn near every way, except for the occasional flash of original stuff.
Eragon: He begins the series as a farm boy with no real distinguishing characteristic, other then that he's been living with his uncle Rowan and cousin all his life since his parents are dead. His home is destroyed by the empire after he finds a dragon egg and a local story teller Brom who just happens to know nearly everything about the Dragon Riders takes him on a journey to become a rider and join the Varden, with extra help from a rogue on the run called Murtagh.
Luke Skywalker: He was raised on a farm by his aunt and uncle after because his parents both died. He lives like this until his uncle and him come by someone droids carrying information vital to the rebellion. His home is destroyed by the empire and Luke goes on a journey to become a Jedi with the help of an old hermit by the name of Obi-Wan Kenobi along with a rogue called Han Solo and his right hand Wookie (big, hairy alien) Chewbacca.
The Story
He learns how to read and write, becomes an unstoppable swordsmen and even begins to learn magic. All the while growing closer to his Dragon Saphira (which is pretty much the only original thing about the story). Saphira often acts like a dumb teenage girl, which given her age she is, but is also suppose to be wise.
Describing the main events of the first two books is basically retelling Star Wars episodes 4 and 5.
There was also an exceedingly shitty movie and video game based off of the series made in 2006. Fortunately for all concerned, a sequel is impossible due to how badly 20th century fox fucked up the progression.
He also becomes a half-elf near the end of book 2, lives among elves throughout book 2 and has a crush on the elf princess.
He also has a cousin, Roran, who cannot use magic, has a manly beard, fights with a hammer.
Third book is a massive improvement (which isn't hard to do) and had a drunk aging elf blacksmith who bitches about how her fellow elves have become huge dicks, that's cool. Also has Eragon strangle an unarmed solder to death as he tries to run away and beg for his life.
The foruth book has the most originality while also cranking up the Mary Sue meter for Eragon. He discovers the true name of the magical language, giving him the ability to rewrite the laws of magic and physics.