I chose to read Christopher Paolini's Eragon for my book report. I have finished the book (739/739 pages) and it is very compelling. However in this book there are many obstacles that arise preventing Eragon, the main character from reaching the varden. The two most momentous obstacles are as follows; Firstly while Eraon is attempting to reach the varden, there are two odd creatures known as the ra'zac trying to capture him. The ra'zac do infact capture him but he manages to escape with the help of another character known as murtagh. A quick description of the rz'zac would be 50% bird 50% human. The next obstacle is a sort of combination of two. This is that Eragon has to cross the desert of Surda and the second in this obstacle is that he is being chased by a group called the kull which is an  elite group of warriors from the race of the urgals which are mixtures of rams and humans and are extremely powerful. He gets through this obstacle simply by conjuring liquid from the ground (It is a fantasy book) and the second is solved by reaching the impenetrable walls of farthen dur where the varden is held up.