Perceval

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Perceval

In the story Perceval edited by Roger Sherman Loomis and Laura Hibbard Loomis, Perceval the main character has many adventures, in which he learns many lessons about life.

The story starts out with Perceval, the son of a widow, out in the forest listening to the sweet season and all the warbling of the birds. In the distance he discovers knights riding towards him. At first he thought that they were devils, which his mother had warned him to stay away from. Then he saw all their bright and shiny armor and he thought it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, so according to his mother, angels were more beautiful than everything else in the world. Basically, everything his mother told him he believed, because he was very naive and didn’t know any better.

When the knights reached Perceval he through himself in front of them and began to worship them. Of course, the knights thought Perceval was crazy. They told him that they were not angels, but they were knights. During the whole conversation Perceval didn’t answer any of the knights questions, he was too interested in finding out all he could about becoming a knight. The knights told him that if he wanted to become a knight then he would have to go to King Arthur.

When the youth returned home that same evening, he told his mother that he wanted to go to the king that made men knights. His mother was in dismay after she heard this. Sh...

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