PSA summary: Game of Thrones: "Garden of Bones"

The subject of my primary source analysis (PSA) is where Tyrion Lanister’s loyalty lies. I want to start off the paper with background of the Lanister and Stark family. This will show why it would be hard to be on both sides like Tyrion seems to be. I want to analyze the specific scene in “Garden of Bones” where Tyrion defies King Jofferey, his nephew, by stopping his abuse of Sansa Stark. This shows that he is sympathetic toward the Starks, but he stays with his family and doesn’t outright betray them. I think that the answer is that Tyrion is on his own side. Obviously the Lanister’s are stronger and more powerful so he isn’t going to join with the Starks, but he will help them out where he can. Tyrion remains loyal to his family, but he is also sympathetic toward the Starks. I could expand beyond the evidence in this episode by showing more scenarios where Tyrion helps the Starks and others where he sides with his own family. For example in the very first episode he tells his siblings he wants Bran Stark to live so he can tell the interesting tale he witnessed. If Bran stark were to live and tell people what he saw people would know his sibling’s secret and his family would be in trouble. I think Tyrion is an interesting character because of the stance he takes between the Starks and Lanisters.  I think he is a complex character that will be interesting to analyze.