the name of the wind analysis — ch 1

Name of the Wind analysis — Chapter 2

Hey friends, long time no write about the Name of the Wind, Kingkiller, etc. I’ve intended to do a Name of the Wind analysis reread (not to mention the other books) for some time now. — 

You should assume spoilers henceforth! Forthwith! This post shall take a fortnight of hours to read!

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Name of the Wind Analysis — Ch 2:

Again, please open your hymnals to the appropriate page number and chapter. Chapter 2 — 

“IT WAS ONE OF those perfect autumn days so common in stories and so rare in the real world. The weather was warm and dry, ideal for ripening a field of wheat or corn. On both sides of the road the trees were changing color. Tall poplars had gone a buttery yellow while the shrubby sumac encroaching on the road was tinged a violent red. Only the old oaks seemed reluctant to give up the summer, and their leaves remained an even mingling of gold and green.”

To reiterate what I said in the last chapter, this takes place in three days in the fall, right around harvest season and the bonfires. 

The ivory dice stick out the most to me in the set of things stolen from Chronicler. 

He’s got iron around his neck as a member of the arcanum or the Amyr? 

Wood alcohol is methanol — methyl alcohol or “wood spirit” — once produced by the destructive distillation of wood

Sort of thing that burns with a blue flame. 

Chandrian again? 

Cinder? 

Silver in ink, for the record, gives me big black mercury vibes. Also there’s the theory about the skindancer: 

Skarpi in Treya — I think it’s fascinating that this rumormonger seems to be so instrumental in sending and calling Chronicler. 

We end with a crow. Symbol of death and — with the inked silver — something like a deep indication of the nigreddo work.

I’ll put this at the end of each chapter so we can actually navigate the text

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