A suggestion about the name Eragon

Well, Christopher Paolini made Eragons name Eragon because if you change one letter it becomes dragon, but I've thought about another reason why he could've been named that. Not that it really matters, but if you take the 1st 3 letters of his name 'era', an era is a long period of time, much more than a year. The next 3 letters 'gon' could be like the word gone, so it would be era gone. When Eragon was born, a era ended, started something new, something that would be changed. So a meaning for Eragon could be an old era has ended (gone) and a new one has begun.

Good point , but i think that the anagram was very creative

that is so cool how did you figure that out cuz i never wouldve even thought about it

lol yeah no kidding. i guess i've never looked that deep into the title before!!
interesting stuff!lol

I would have not thought about it without you
damn that's great!!!

thanks!
Eragon may be the one who will change the world of alagaesia

I don't even remember how why I was thinking about it in the first place. I guess it just came to me.

wow yall think way to much though an anagram for orange(orange being my favorite color) is pretty awesome, he prolly has a freind names eragon or something or he really likes aragorn from lotr, so he made it sound like that, im so smart...well not really

Didnt they say in one of the first books that his name had a very powerful meaning

yeah cause he was named after the first rider, not everyones named after the begining of an era

yea tht but i mean didnt they also say tht his name meant something or am i just completely daft

Haha (don't worry phoenix i get that all the time,which prolly isn't a good thing)
i don't remember his name meaning anything more than that he was named after the first rider.

idk, maybe i'm daft!!

ok you guys forgive me im a little slow sometimes i have blond roots so its expected of me

haha, Right On Phoenix!!!

i know gotta strut those blond roots. But no does anybody else notice how similiar his name is to Aragorn from the Lord of the Rings
AraGorn
EraGon
they both have the era thing going on the only difference is the gorn and gon thing.

its funny you mention that cause when i bought that book my mom was like "aragorn?! think they copied that from lotr?" ithink that it was prolly a coincidence (not spelt right dont email me)

ya, i was thinking about the whole aragorn/eragon similarity thing too. it was probably a coincedence, but i don't know for sure. maybe he was kinda inspired by the name, i don't know.

yea and arya is pretty close to arwin to

o ya, i never thought about that... i guess he got a lot of inspiration from the lord of the rings.

Yes there are a lot of similarities between the inheritance trilogy and the lord of the rings. It's a bit similar in some ways to star wars as well.

yea cuz murtaugh is almost exactly like anakin/darth vador and eragon is like Luke

ya, it is kinda a mix between starwars and lord of the rings. though it is still pretty original. most authors do get "inspired" by different books.

yea im writing 2 book and they're inspired by the book Fight Club (but its VERY LOOSELY based on it) and The Basketball Diaries (also very LOOSELY based) so yea and at least he picked 2 very good books to inspire them on

i dont really think he used them for a base its sorta like inthe same time frame as lotr though