Watership Down Thesis

“Watership Down” is an adventure book about rabbits written by Richard Adams. The story is a narrative that seems to be explained by one of the rabbits of the story (Shmoop Editorial Team). In “Watership Down” the author uses new terms for the rabbit’s “language”, to make the book more interesting. Furthermore, in the book there is a constant theme of family Watership Down in a commendable story for everyone. The book “Watership Down” is told in a narrative tone possibly by one of the rabbits, who found Watership Down, the new home of the rabbits, most likely, Fiver or Hazel. The book starts off with Hazel and Fiver, the protagonists, out in their warren’s field eating when suddenly Fiver has a dream of dead bodies lying across the highlands

Some of the threats that they encountered were predators, such as dogs and cats. One of the most treacherous things that they happened upon was a warren, called Cowslip’s Warren. At first the warren seems like a great home because there was plenty of food, a multitude of muscular, healthy rabbits, and no beasts lurking about to hunt them. Soon the group of rabbits discovered the truth about Cowslip’s Warren; It was not as tranquil as they believed. Although the warren did seem safe, there were many peculiar things that happened in the “safe” warren. They would carry food with their mouths from a big pile of scraps, rabbits would go missing, they didn’t like rain, and there were bizarre disturbances in the woods of Cowslip’s Warren. Fiver tried to warn his companions that the warren was not safe, but they felt happy and chose not to attend his words. Wistfully, one of Hazel and Fiver’s companions, Bigwig, gets caught in a snare; they were able to free him. Now the eyes of the adventuring rabbits were open. All the strange things that these warren rabbits were doing made sense. The scrape food was left there on purpose to fatten the rabbits. The unusual disorders in the wood was a rabbit trying to free itself from the snare. They were all traps, so that a farmer could effortlessly get food and Cowslip’s warren knew it, but they let it go to be “safe”. Quickly, the rabbits and one of Cowslip’s rabbits escaped before it

The book starts and end with family. There were four different families in the Watership Down. First there was the warren at the beginning of the book. Everyone was happy everything was serene, yet there was a sense of danger and no. No one wanted to leave because it was their home, and they felt safe, but when Fivers had his vision hardly anyone wanted to listen because they felt like nothing could harm them. This family didn’t seem to trust each other. Secondly, was Cowslip’s Warren where everyone seemed healthy and happy, but deep inside there was a great menace (the farmer) attacking the warren. Regardless of the danger Cowslip’s warren faced, they did nothing about it. They were willing to lose members of their family to have food and safety when they knew there were other places to make a safe home. Third, is Efrafa. Efrafa is an extremely strict family. No one was permitted to come or go, and everyone had a mark to identify them. Forlornly, Efrafa is the home that is “safe”, but not lovable. Lastly, is Watership down. It was peaceful, beautiful, and secure. The rabbits of Watership Down learn to work together, even when it was difficult, and they didn’t know what they were doing. Representing a strong, healthy, and happy family, Watership Down is an extremely ideal family to be a part of. They worked to be an amazing family, even when life was difficult. That is what a true family