Eaters of The Dead :: essays papers

Eaters of The Dead Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton is a fiction precisely with historical background. Through this piece Crichton hopes to express the way of life for the Vikings in the year 922 AD while at the same time creating an socialise story. Using a manuscript written by Ibn-Fadlan Crichton pieced together a book filled with adventure and excitement. Michael Crichton was born in Chicago, 1942 and unceasingly k young he had a talent for writing. He attended Brown University and has since published galore(postnominal) books such as Jurassic Park, The Rising Sun, divine revelation, and many more. Several of his books have been make into movies, for example, Jurassic Park, The muddled World, Sphere,Congo, and Eaters of the Dead is coming to theatres this summer have Antonio Banderas. Michael Crichton is also the writer of the hit TV show ER. Ibn-Fadlan is a refined Arab courtier representing the powerful Caliph of Baghdad and the whole story melody is based on h is travels. He is a Muslim and is sent to the Bulgar dry land to instruct the king in the Islamic religion, acquaint the king with Islamic laws, and build a Mosque in the city. Little does Ibn-Fadlan know where his travels will authorise him. Wyglif is the present chief of the Northmen (at the time) he has fallen ill and is believed to have no chance of recovery. Once he dies, shortly after becoming ill, Buliwyf is made the new leader. Buliwyf is a young noble chosen to be the Northmens new leader once Wyglif dies. He is a courageous warrior, very exalted and strong, and skin, hair, and beard of pure white. Herger, one of the Northmen warriors, also became Ibn-Fadlans friend. He helped him to realize the words of the Northmen and also helped Ibn-Fadlan become accustomed to their way of life and how to conduct around the Northmen. The Wendols are characters in the story who, as told by Ibn-Fadlan, do not seem fully human. They ride on the back of a black horse and have the head of a bear. They are highly fierce warriors and are quite vindictive. They give off a genus Mephitis so strong it hurts to breathe because they consume human flesh and it is always on their breath. They come with the mist, a dark fog that encircles the land when the Wendols come.