Comparison on Watership Down and From Hutch to House Pets.... Not every author has the same opinion on certain creatures' status as living things. The extract from "Watership Down" by Richard Adams and the article "From Hutch to House Pets A Rabbit is the Perfect Companion, Even Inside the Home" by Susan Clark are written from a different format of text and therefore have different persuading technique on rabbits as subject matter. These two pieces are concerning rabbits, however, the authors regard rabbits as animals with different intellectual levels. In the newspaper article and the extract from a novel, the authors illustrate the relationships between humans and rabbits in very contrasting ways. In the extract from "Watership Down," the rabbits are personified to perform human activities; such as socializing with other rabbits, which humans would find unusual and impossible. Through rabbits, Adams can scoff at humans who cannot "sense much in a strange place where they cannot see, but with rabbits it is otherwise." Humans are also considered as shallow-thinking beings, because they don't "sense … where they cannot see," "except the courageous and experienced blind [people]." The roles of rabbits and humans have been reversed within the two texts; in the novel extract, rabbits are thinking creatures and on newspaper it's regarded as normal house pets. In the newspaper article, rabbits are considered by the journalist as the "perfect pet" and "miraculous creature" because unlike cats or dogs they are pets that need very little taking care of. Both texts also discuss how rabbits are "social creatures [from] the wild … [and] benefit greatly from … living indoors with humans." Adams explains that among themselves "rabbits mingled naturally." Again, mockery against human is being mentioned again in the extract from the novel, "[rabbits] did not talk for talking's sake, in the artificial manner that human beings - and sometimes even their dogs and cats do." Adams is trying to challenge the readers' opinion on whether humans only socialize superficially or The comparison between rabbits and other animals as being pets keep reappearing within the two different texts. Adams portrays the rabbits as more sociable animals, unlike cats and dogs that are often used as pets by humans. According to Adams, rabbits apparently intermingle with other rabbits "not for talking's sake," instead they: "[get] to know what the strangers smelt like, how they moved, how they breathed, how they scratched, the feel of they rhythms and pulses.
The first being Candy’s old dog. Candy has raised that dog up from a pup, keeping it close to his heart. The dog shows the nostalgia Candy has for his youth.The rabbits mentioned continuously in the novella happens to represent Lennie’s happiness. Lennie enjoys the feel of soft things, often picking up mouses along the way of George and his travel. The little pup given to Lennie is a symbol of the fate of the weak in the face of the strong. Just as Lennie is dependent on George, the pup was completely dependent on
"Oh Hazel! This is where it comes from! I know now—something very bad! Some terrible thing—coming closer and closer" (Adams, 1975, p. 21). This quote at the beginning of Watership Down is the first of Fiver's amazing forewarnings, that helps him to demonstrate both of the themes of "trust" and "survival" in the rabbit world. Trust and survival are two key components to the rabbits lives, and they cannot live without either. Because of his ability to sense danger around him, Fiver exemplifies the related themes of trust and survival in Watership Down.
Hazel led the rabbits of Watership Down to become allies with other animals, much like Lewis became friends with Touissant Charbonneau and his wife Sacagawea. The first animal that Hazel became friends with was a small mouse. Even though the mouse wasn’t big enough to fight any battles with the rabbits, he became beneficial when he warned Hazel of Woundwort. Kehaar, a bird, was the other animal that the rabbits became allies with. He helped to lead Hazel to the warren of Efrafa. Without Kehaar, the rabbits would have never found Efrafa and the does that helped their small warren grow. Touissant Charbonneau and Sacagawea both assisted Lewis by being guides just like Kehaar. By making allies, Hazel and Lewis were able to make their missions easier and more enjoyable.
Margaret Wise Brown was truly fascinated by animals, and she understood children’s attraction to animals. Tellingly, when Brown reflects on her childhood she mentions her “thirty-six rabbits, two squirrels…a collie dog, and two Peruvian hens, a Belgian hare, seven fish, and a wild robin who came back every spring” (Days Before Now). From this information about Brown, one understands where her love of animals originated--her childhood. Additionally, animals were kind to her and did not restrict or belittle Brown the way some individuals did regularly. Brown was allowed to have constant interaction with animals, which proved to be influential in her writing career. Overall, Margaret Wise Brown used numerous animals, especially rabbits because of her love for creatures and the understanding she possessed of children’s love of and interest with animals.
The story Watership Down by novelist Richard Adams details a small band of rabbits trying to find a new home. Fiver, a clairvoyant rabbit, convinced his brother, Hazel, and other rabbits to leave their current home and find a new one, due to a danger Fiver sees in his visions. American writer Joseph Campbell, known for his work in comparative literature, created the monomyth; a pattern of narrative found in many adventure stories. One of the many stages in the monomyth is Crossing the Threshold: the point where the hero leaves the mundane world and enters the world of adventure. In Watership Down, Crossing the Threshold appears when Hazel and his company arrive in the unfamiliar woods, just outside of their warren. After they enter the
rabbit’s gains him a lot of sympathy from the reader as it is the kind
In this story, Richard Adams' creates an interesting part of the story when eleven rabbits unite to form a group and flee from their warren, in hopes of avoiding a great tragedy. These rabbits leave their warren without knowledge of why they need to leave their homes. The one thing the rabbits have in common is their faith in Fiver's dreams and visions. Together these rabbits will have to put aside their differences in order to face the danger ahead of them.
Robert shares a special relationship and bond with animals, in particular rabbits. The rabbits are a symbol of Rowena, not only because they were her prize possession, but also because the rabbits remind Robert of his younger sister. Both Rowena and the rabbits are characters of innocence and purity. Being considered as small, fragile and precious to those who love and look after them. Findley uses the rabbits to evoke feelings of guilt from Robert, during the constant appearances in the novel. When Rowena dies, R...
One of the miracles of Watership Down is the viewpoint with which Adams illustrates his universe: he does not impose a man’s point-of-view onto the rabbit’s lives, but instead imposes a rabbit’s point-of-view onto the world we know. Humans have a very minimal presence, only a few fleeting moments, seen at a distance. These interactions are all negative, and the men are always trying to find a way to exterminate these rabbits because they are on the mens' land. In the action-packed climax, Lucy, a young human child, offers us a glimmer of hope to the possibility of what humans can help to accomplish if we exercise something we have been given the unique capacity to possess in affluence: compassion.
In the book Of Mice and Men Lennie and George are men who go to a farm to work; As Lennie being “kicked in the head by a horse” as a child, is led by George as always. But, somehow Lennie always gets into trouble. Weed made them run, and now they are in Salinas Valley. I have chosen to use Animal Imagery that appears in John Steinbeck’s book. Actually, the title starts with an animal: a Mouse. Animal’s are always part of Lennie’s life dreams and troubles. John Steinbeck used it to show Racism, Mental State, and Body Language.
The characters in Richard Adams’ “Watership Down” act as literary devices used to further deepen the plot of the novel. Adams introduces a multitude of personalities to envelope the reader into the rabbit society he has created. Of the characters Adams introduces throughout the story, the rabbit called Bigwig is given the most domineering personality traits. Although Bigwig’s arrogant nature is perceived as distasteful by the reader, he actually helps to advance the novel to further progression. Adams also used strong character development on many of the rabbits in the novel, including Bigwig; which in return advanced the story as a whole. It is evident that Bigwig is matured by Adams throughout the story due to the fact that he eventually
This in contrast to Of Mice and Men has not been successfully portrayed. This is evident from the loss of Lennie at the end of the novel, the person George, his supposed caretaker, was responsible for, this can also be compared with the loss of Gracie, as Molly can also be seen as a caretaker. The failure to overcome a difficult situation is evident through this line “George shivered and looked at the gun, and then he threw it from him, back up on the bank, near the pile of old ashes” (pg. 53). This quote expresses how George felt after he himself had shot Lennie, killing him, while also featuring some symbolism in the form of the pile of old ashes. George shivering, in this case, indicates that he himself felt remorse for his actions, knowing that he had failed Lennie as the one responsible for his wellbeing. This is further reinforced, as the old ashes symbolize penitence, meaning regret and sorrow for having done wrong, telling the audience that George was seeking repentance. These techniques in combination also tell the audience that the situation George and Lennie were presented with was far too difficult to overcome with the power of relations, hence the loss of Lennie and George’s failure. In contrast to Rabbit-Proof Fence, where it showed the ability to overcome a difficult situation with the power of relations, Of Mice and Men has shown
The Tale of Peter Rabbit was a fictional story for children written by Beatrix Potter. The main character of the story was Peter Rabbit, who had three sisters by the names of Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail. The four bunnies lived with their mother, Mrs. Rabbit, underneath a huge tree in the woods. All the characters displayed the element of anthropomorphic because they are dressed in human clothing and display human characteristics such as walking straight up on their hind legs. The three sisters were wearing a pink to reddish cloak, Peter Rabbit a blue jacket with brown shoes, and the mother a blue chambermaid dress. While Peter Rabbit’s sisters were obedient little bunnies who gathered blackberries, Peter Rabbit was a naughty, disobedient and mischievous young rabbit who gave into temptation rather than to listen to direction.
The embodiment of humans’ flaws through the medium of anthropomorphic animals has for centuries demonstrated to be a preferred literary method by which to educate children and adults. Following the steps of Aristotle, The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine juxtaposes the hierarchy in the animal world to the establishment of a human social hierarchy. Meanwhile, Mary Wollstonecraft’s Original Stories from Real Life relies heavily on dialogue and observation to present Wollstonecraft’s argument to practice benevolence towards helpless animals. Both La Fontaine and Wollstonecraft understood the extent to which the unjustified classification of inferior species exacerbates animosity, impedes rational thinking and behavior, and ultimately deteriorates
Chapter I - Down the Rabbit-Hole Image: Lewis Carroll Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, `and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice `without pictures or conversation?' Image: Bessie Pease Gutmann, 1907 So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so VERY remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so VERY much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, `Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' ..(when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural). But when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT- POCKET, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before see a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.