Good Vs. Evil In Howard Pyle's Robin Hood

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The topic of good vs. evil is often seen in the world today. Whether it is through books, movies, or even in the real live world, it is found everywhere. The book “Robin Hood” by Howard Pyle also uses this topic. In the book Robin is casts out of the land for killing someone. However, he was simply just trying to defend himself. Throughout the book Robin goes on many adventures and is involved in the concept of good vs. evil through fights with different people. Robin was not a bad man, but had to fight to protect himself. In the end Robin Hood eventually died. This may go to show that good can sometimes win and sometimes lose. Other times good will win, but they might not always be happy and joyful. In many of Robin’s fights, he did win and got what he wanted. Whether it was their food, money, or that person's help in any way. One place this is found is on page 46, “ ‘ There is none better,’ he said. ‘He has won over us all. ’ ” In this case Robin …show more content…

This can happen not only in fairytales, but also in a world like today. On page 16 Pyle writes, “His joy had turned to sorrow, and his heart was sick because he had killed a man.” Many people in the world can relate to this, because although he was trying to only defend himself it turned out to go against him. Robin did this with the full intention to protect himself and not to harm anyone. Today, people may do or say things that they didn’t truly want to do, but either had to do it or were pressured into it. A similar situation is also seen on page 146. The author explains “Robin knew at once that he was in danger.” Robin won the shooting contest, but had to walk away scared of what might happen to him. This is not only found in books and movies, but also in the world. Many humans have to do this same thing and worry for long periods of time about what is eventually going to happen to them because of something that they

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