You don’t have to be a “destined” dragonet in the middle of a war to understand how it feels to be ignored and want to express your own opinion. He tries to change his ways in order to not get pushed around. Throughout the book, Clay is constantly under pressure from trying to fulfill the prophecy, be a part of his peer group, and escape and deal with the members of the Skywing kingdom who seem to hate him. In a way, Clay is like the shadow of the other dragonets. He struggles with becoming his own independent dragonet. He is quite shy, considered average, and is almost always ignored by the dragonets around him. Is he up to the challenge?Īt first, Clay doesn’t seem special enough to be a part of a massive prophecy. He thinks he is just an average dragonet that has little to no importance in the prophecy. Clay doesn’t think he is up for stopping a whole war even with the help of his friends, who are also “destined” to fulfill the prophecy that guides them to end the war. The dragonet war is as violent and widespread as our World War I and II combined. He is “destined” to end a raging war between different groups of dragonets-all fighting for power. Unlike other dragonets, he is met with a massive task that challenges him physically and emotionally. Sutherland, starts with a shy little dragonet named Clay.

While these are all amazing fairy tales, the book Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy is far superior due to its thrilling action and deep plot. When people think of fairy tales, they often think of traditional stories like Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Shrek.

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