The Importance of Perspective on Life By Ethan B “The Once and Future King” is the story of the Wart, a young boy adopted by a king. During his life with the king a tutor, Merlyn, taught him. With the help of Merlyn, a powerful wizard, the Wart became many different animals. The Animals that the Wart was conjured into were prominent in teaching him lessons on the different aspects and perspectives of life. These lessons would later be the key to King Arthur or the Wart’s powerful and majestic kingship. One of the first animals the Wart is changed into is a Merlin hawk. After his transformation he is put in Hob, the falconer’s mews. Once inside Arthur begins to talk to the other birds. During his conversation he learns of each hawk and of their family history, their pride, and their respect for each other. After the conversation the Mews leader, Madam Peregrine, gives Arthur a task. She tells Arthur to stand next to Colonel Cully, a crazed and merciless goshawk who will attack Arthur and kill him if he comes to close. Without fear Arthur stands and talks to Cully keeping …show more content…
For his last time as an animal, Merlyn transformed Arthur into a badger. Merlyn then told him to go visit the wise badger. But since the Wart was in a bad mood he decided to go on his own. There he finds a small hedgehog and threatens him. This was the Wart’s first real experience of power over someone. After scaring the hedgehog he makes his way to the badgers home. There he is invited inside. The badger then teaches the Wart and tells him a story. The story is of a how man was wise to stay as God made him. Since man was humble God gave him the power over all animals and the power to use any tool he wanted (pages 191-193). Afterwards the Wart leaves. This lesson is the most essential because it shows Wart how to be humble, how knowledge is better than power, and how to be a leader and a knowledgeable
There is a direct link in Book I and Book IV of the Once and Future King from the animation and adventure that Wart experiences to the fall of King Arthur’s reign. The shift is long and detailed but in the end everything ties together. Although at points the plot is grim, White throws in a little bit of satire throughout every book, for example in Book II when the Orkney environment is harsh but then it is contradicted by the behavior of Sir Pellinore, Sir Grummore, and Sir Palomides. In Book III, it is very descriptive and tedious with a darker tone, but then also is offset by Lancelot’s adventures. It is evident that the tone changes drastically from Book I to Book IV but what I noticed, is that the same themes and ideas are expressed within these two books.
...176). History provides a moral and spiritual point of reference for each new epoch. In All the King’s Men, Jack Burden the historian discovers that the past, honestly considered, does not deceive, nor do its vivid object lessons lead men astray. As Jack replays in his memory the actions of the characters (including himself) in the drama of his life, he grows to understand the roles played by those characters in his spiritual development, and to love them for their true nature. By contemplating the past in this manner, Jack builds out of truth and time a foundation that will raise him to stand strong in an uncertain future.
The Arthurian cycle shows a sporadic awareness of the impossibility of mere humans fulfilling all the ideals that Arthur and his court represent. The story of Lancelot and Guenevere, Merlin's imprisonment by Nimu‘, and numerous other instances testify to the recognition of this tension between the real and the unrealistic.
In The Once and Future King T.H. White conveys his personal thoughts on leadership through the help of Merlin, and Wart's transformations. Through each transformation Wart experiences different forms of power, each being a part of a whole idea on how a leader should act. He must piece together these ideas for the definitive way he should rule as king. In order to teach Wart, Merlin transforms him into several different forms, a fish, hawk, ant, goose and a badger.
When Wart wakes up he finds himself in the middle of nowhere. He notices that he is close to a forest cottage. He meets a magician named Merlyn. He ends up becoming Wart’s new tutor. Wart invites Merlyn to Sir Ector’s castle. When they arrive at the castle, Merlyn demonstrates his magical powers to Sir Ector.
Many people wish to be an animal if only for a day, just to see what it is like to be that animal. The obvious problem is that nobody knows how to turn himself into an animal. However, in T.H. White's Once and Future King, Wart has the opportunity to experience life as an animal because his tutor, Merlyn the magician, transforms him into many different animals. Of all the adventures, the most significant transformation to Wart's kingship occurs when he becomes a badger because the badger teaches Wart valuable lessons about human behavior.
1. What is King’s thesis? He talks about three possible ways to fight against oppression. He suggests the nonviolent way as the best option for the oppressed in order to resist. 2.
Following the victory of the North over the South in the civil war, Black Americans were given independence. This led to court rulings such as the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendment, which granted all citizens equality before the law and stated that, the ‘right to vote should not be denied ... on account of race’. However, in practice these Amendments were not upheld, there were no measures in place to implement these rulings and no prevention of the ill treatment of Black Americans. Due to these new rulings, De Facto segregation increased especially with the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Also, in the South although the 15th Amendment gave everyone the right to vote, Jim Crow laws were put in place to deliberately prevent Black Americans from voting. Black Americans had differing views on how to deal with their situation, while some felt it was best to accept the status quo, others wanted to fight for equal rights but disagreed on whether they should integrate with whites or remain separate.
This event takes place in chapter 8. It takes place on a rainy day and Wart can not stand his boredom so he asks Merlyn to turn him into an animal. Merlyn finally agrees and turns him into a Merlin. While in the mews he was first confronted by the peregrine falcon who asked him to speak for himself. Wart introduced himself as a merlin. The two continued a conversation over what branch of Merlins he had come from. After that they proceeded to question Wart and he got ninety percent of the questions correct which meant he could be sworn in. Since the priest did not have any ordeals on him they decided to swear Wart in the next day. The decided to do the ordeal part that night because they had figured out that Wart was not caged. His task had been to stand next to Colonel Cully who was an estranged bird who had no control over his actions. Wart protests but then agrees to stand next Colonel Cully. Wart thinks this over in his head knowing that there is something wrong with Cully and the fact he has been told by all means do not stand near him. Wart ended up standing by Cully knowing the chances that of him getting eaten were very
In literature, fictional stories can teach characters important lessons needed for their future. The Once and Future King, by T.H. White, tells the story of how the main character, Arthur, reaches his full potential of protecting and supporting his country. All of the knowledge Arthur learns in his youth is key in developing his skills and intellect. In the story Arthur has several unique learning experiences presented by his magical tutor, Merlyn. Learning from Merlyn’s lessons allows Arthur to lose the innocence of childhood and evolve into a wise and powerful king.
Coming of age is growing and becoming stronger, seeing full potential. Also, adapting to new changes that await. In the story Half a King, by Joe Abercrombie, presents a character that develops throughout the story from a weak individual who considers himself to be half a king, but when he is faced up against the odds of him living, he matures into a full king. This novel Half a King is a work of fantasy literature. The story seems to be during the time of the Viking age where the country was as strong their king. Yarvi felt like half a king, but when he was faced with the problem that follow him as a king, but he grew from a weak individual into independent individual making him feel like a full king.
T. H. White's The Once and Future King is one of the most complete and unique portrayals of the immortal legend of King Arthur. Though it has been in print for less than half a century, it has already been declared a classic by many, and is often referred to as the "bible" of Arthurian legend. White recreates the epic saga of King Arthur, from his childhood education and experiences until his very death, in a truly insightful and new way. This is not, however, the first complete novel of Arthur's life. In the fifteenth century, Sir Thomas Malory wrote Morte d'Arthur, the first complete tale of Arthur's life. Since then, a countless number of books have been written on the subject, yet none can compare to The Once and Future King. It has easily become the most popular of all the Arthurian novels as it is loved by both children and adults. Though similar in many ways to other works of the same subject, such as Malory's, White gives new details, meanings, and insightful modernization to the story, giving it an earthy quality, which the reader can identify with. White's rendering of the Arthurian legend differs from the traditional versions in that he includes contemporary knowledge and concepts, adds new stories and characters to the legend, and provides new perspectives by probing deeper into the existing tales.
During the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century, King Leopold II of Belgium invaded the Congo and used it to procure more wealth for himself and his nation. In doing so, as many as ten million Congolese were decimated, and they faced unspeakable horrors. Hochschild argues in King Leopold’s Ghost that all actions taken by King Leopold II were done out of nothing more than sheer greed and selfishness, and he used any means necessary to get what he wanted, and manipulated others into following suit by exploiting their own greed and racism. The only way the brutality was combated, Hochschild further goes on to describe, was through the actions of the few with a higher moral character.
In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Lais of Marie de France, the authors use animals as metaphors for human actions, and as characters. By analyzing the use of these animals, we are able to explore the meaning the authors were trying to communicate through specific scenes. The Book of Beasts, a translation by T.H. White (1984 ed.), provides a medieval standpoint when analyzing the use of animals in the Lais and in Gawain.
A groom and bride come together, and the bride doesn’t desire to marry this person but she is doing for her parents. This bride and groom are not going to have a successful marriage because the bride is not fully willing to marry this person. This is why love marriage is superior. The couple will have a stronger bond and will have a better understanding with each other. They will also be less likely to have a divorce because they are the ones that decided to fall in love with each other and decided to spend the rest of their lives together. Unlike arranged marriages, love marriages are more prosperous. Love marriages are more successful because they have better understanding of each other, in arranged marriages there most likely abuse each other each other, and they have more natural love.