The Dragonriders of Pern is part of a large series written by Anne McCaffrey. The Dragonriders of Pern consists of three different parts, Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon. This book takes place on a planet called Pern and features Lessa who is an outcast survivor–her parents murdered and her birthright stolen–a strong young woman who has never stopped dreaming of revenge. But when an ancient threat reemerges she will face it head on along with her dragon Ramoth. She is struggling to adjust to a new way of life and the next choice she makes will change Pern forever and could put the life of her and her dragon in danger. Dragons and their riders share a mental and telepathic bond so intimate to the point were if any rider dies their dragon will suicide. If a dragon dies a rider is only half a person, often driven to insanity by grief.
Oblivious to the descending bronze dragons, oblivious to the presence of their riders, Lessa stood caressing the head of the most wonderful creature of all pern, fully prescient of troubles and glories, but most immediately aware that Lessa of Pern was Weyrwoman to Ramoth the Golden for now and forever (p.66).
This quote is from right after Lessa impresses Ramoth. An impression is when a rider forms the bond between them and their dragon and occurs in a large sand pit where future riders gather around the last clutch of eggs laid by the queen, and when the eggs hatch the dragon chooses the rider and forms the bond. I chose this quote because it shows a different side of the character that we don’t always get to see.
