WATERSHIP DOWN by RICHARD ADAMS (1972) PART I The Journey 1. The Notice Board CHORUS: Why do you cry out thus‚ unless at some vision of horror? CASSANDRA: The house reeks of death and dripping blood. CHORUS: How so? ’Tis but the odor of the altar sacrifice. CASSANDRA: The stench is like a breath from the tomb. Aeschylus‚ Agamemnon The primroses were over. Toward the edge of the wood‚ where the ground became open and sloped down to an old
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and novels are the same. All of their stories fit the archetypal pattern of a heroic quest. A heroic quest consists of twelve steps that the hero completes throughout his or her journey. In this essay‚ I will be explaining the parallels between Watership Down by Richard Adams and the archetypal pattern of a heroic quest; as well as the parallels between Hazel and the archetype of a hero. In the first step of a heroic quest‚ The Ordinary World‚ the hero who is uneasy and unaware is introduced in a
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attitude toward or way of regarding something. A different perspective can change how you see the world. In watership down‚ it gives you the perspective and point of view of life from a rabbit’s eyes. Life is like a garden or a dungeon depending on how you look at it. Perspective is one of the key elements in Watership down and it is why this book should be recommended. First‚ in Watership Down‚ the rabbit’s way of life due to fear of being eaten is intriguing since humans don’t have that worry everyday
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In Watership Down‚ a group of rabbits consisting of ‚Hazel‚ Fiver‚ and their companions travel away in the search of a new warren. On their journey‚ Hazel and the rabbits he brought went through many troubles including‚ crossing a river and Cowslip’s warren‚ a warren that was surrounded by snares‚ until they reach the down. Though they had found their home they wouldn’t keep it for long if they didn’t find does. Kehaar‚ a gull they found at the down‚ told them how to find does. They traveled to
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couple of weeks I have been reading the novel Watership Down. In the beginning‚ two brothers‚ Hazel and Fiver‚ lived in a rabbit warren. Fiver saw blood in the future and decides to run away from the warren. On their adventure some rabbits join them‚ in the forest they come across a river and use a board to cross. Later on the group is invited into a strange warren‚ Bigwig gets caught in a snare and the group‚ including Bigwig‚ left. Finally they find a down (hill) to live in. The group realized they
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Watership Down is about a young rabbit named Hazel‚ his prophetic brother named Fiver‚ and a whole other list of characters. One day Fiver has a vision that their warren is in danger and persuades Hazel and some other rabbits to leave the warren. Hazel leads them away from the warren and to another one with an odd chief named Cowslip. The group learns that this warren is bad news and abandon it‚ not knowing what they are going to do or where they’re going. When they come across what is seemingly
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Richard Adams‚ the writer of Watership Down‚ was a British novelist who was known for writing many books‚ but later passed away in 2016.Watership Down portrays bunnies that go out into the adventurous world while discovering obstacles along the way. While still having a leader‚ many other bunnies come and show their leadership as well through bravery and confidence. Hazel is the indigenous leader who went through abundances to keep his warren together. He risks his life for the protection of the
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Watership Down: Governmental Systems In the novel Watership Down‚ there are many types of communities‚ and with those communities comes a different type of government. All three of these governments vary from each other‚ in how they are set up and how they are ran. Each of the governments in the novel are run by different rabbits‚ Hazel‚ Cowslip‚ and Woundwort. Adams describes each one of these governments with hints about their leaders and their actions. Throughout this novel‚ the three
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Magic Swamp was so they just looked and looked but no sign of the Magic Swamp until King Cobra remembered where the Magic Swamp was. The good thing is the Magic Swamp was just down the mountain‚ “It isn’t that far”‚ said King Cobra. King Cobra was wrong! It was not just down the mountain‚ but farther down the mountain and there was a pack of hungry wolves waiting!!! They tried to sneak past them King Cobra said‚ “ Shhh... be quiet or you are gonna get us caught”. All the noise was
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The story of Stephen King’s rabbit can be interpreted in so many way. There are certain variables that stay the same‚ while others change. Everyone distinctly sees the variables that do not change. However‚ the ones that do change vary in many ways. The fact that there is a red tablecloth‚ a cage‚ a rabbit‚ and a blue number eight don’t change. Every person’s vision of these items are different. To start with‚ when I first pictured this scene. I saw a cherry red tablecloth with straight edges.
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