Wizard Of Earthsea Analysis

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A Wizard Of Earthsea
“If it’s challenging you, testing you, and pushing you… it's helping you become more of who you’re meant to be”- Mandy Hale. Indeed, le Guin develops this idea in “A wizard of Earthsea” where Ged develops the character traits of courage, selflessness, and wisdom by facing challenges that are presented to him along the way. In “A Wizard of Earthsea” le Guin reveals that challenges are essential to the development of a person’s character, through the analysis of Ged’s evolving courage, selflessness, and wisdom.

In “A Wizard of Earthsea” le Guin reveals that challenges are essential to the development of a person’s character, through the analysis of Ged’s evolving courage. Indeed, Ged’s courageousness is first evident when
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Indeed, Ged’s selflessness is first evident when “what do you want” (Gensher) “To stay. To learn. To undo… the evil..(Ged)” (Le Guin 90). Although Ged was still developing his powers, Ged’s actions to decide to stay in Roke to undo the evil that he unleashed, is definitely selfless because Ged took responsibility for his actions thus made the decision to put the lives of others before his and protect them. Ged’s selflessness is secondly showed when “Summoning his power all at once and with no thought for himself, he sent his spirit out after the child’s spirit, to bring it back home” (Le Guin 111). Ged’s actions of going to the other world to bring the spirit of the fisherman’s son back is definitely selfless because he put the needs of the fisherman’s son before his own not caring of the consequences. Selflessness is finally demonstrated by Ged when “He (Ged) fought a moment with sudden, starting hope. It was not his own life that he bargained for”(Le Guin 127). While Ged was still trying to fix what he had released, Ged’s actions of fighting the dragon was definitely selflessness because Ged put his life at risk to save the town by defeating the dragon. Evidently, Ged taking responsibility for his actions, putting the lives of others first, going to great lengths to save the boy not thinking of himself, and putting his life at risk to defeat the dragon, has resulted in the development of the character trait of being

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