Summary Of The Summoner By Gail Z Martin

The summoner by Gail Z Martin is a rollercoaster plotted story that really closely relates to a very popular news story all around the world today about North Korea. In North Korea there is and has been tyranny since after World War II, the country is run by an autocratic government. The dictatorship has been passed down the line of a particular family that have isolated North korea from the rest of the world. The current dictator is a man named Kim Jong Un and his story is the one that so closely relates to Gail Z. Martin’s The Summoner. Sky News claims that “Since taking power in 2011, Kim is said to have purged a series of senior officials - including members of his own family- who represent a threat to his leadership”. This shows that

Kim Jong Un is not only willing to kill his officials but he is also willing to kill his family to possess power. A man willing to execute his own family for power is a man that only cares about power.

There are many rumors that Kim’s uncle was torn apart by a pack of dogs but sky news says “ Jang being stripped naked and fed to a pack of starving dogs was later debunked.”. In addition to this man’s story, Gail Z Martin’s The Summoner tells a story about a king named Bricen in the kingdom of Margolan. This king is married, later he has a son (jared) with his first wife. His wife dies during childbirth leaving the king as a single father to his heir. Jared, the king’s heir, was not fond of his new step mother and siblings… he grew up to hate all three of them. Later on in life, Jared’s hate had driven him down a bad path, raping maid girls and always drunk. Jared began to plot the assassination of his father to assume power of the kingdom. With the help of a dark warlock (Arontala) jared carries on with his

plan.
Tris is the protagonist in the novel and witnesses the assassination on king Bricen while climbing down the side of the castle and peering through a window.

After climbing back up the castle he was shocked and decided that he must look for his mother and sister, he was too late. “The dagger that had ended her life protruded from her chest” (Martin 50) Tris’s mother had been stabbed and killed. Tris’s sister was stabbed as well but was barely breathing still, Tris was able to be with her in her last moments but he had to watch her die, “Tris laid Kait’s body down among the blankets and covered her with a sheet.” (Martin 53), this must have been an awful moment for tris, but this was something Tris had seen coming for many years. Jared was not the best big brother.
Both of these scenarios show a great deal of selfishness and major sacrifice for power. Jared killed his step-sister and step mother along with the king to assume power while Kim jong un killed his step-brother and his uncle because of a suspicion that they may have had a plot to overthrow him from power. Both the character from The Summoner jared, and Kim Jong Un a man that lives today aren't so different. Both are willing to give up everything for what? Social standing? An

army?
Something that differs from both of these scenarios is the soul fact that Jared in the novel had a very loving family that had good intentions. The kingdom is good and untainted by dark magic while king Bricen was in power, there was no malicious intent… it was almost as a fairytale land. On the other hand, Kim Jong Un’s family was supposedly going behind his back to china for assistance to throw him out of power, so Kim’s family didn't seem too fond of him unlike how Jareds family was still there for him and loving even after they found that he is carrying out horrible actions.