Owain’s depicted as a demigod of sorts, when he is born in the novel it says “the sky rang out, as to welcome him into the world” (Sasson6) Even in the describing of Owain on the first page depicts him as something more than human. “He loved the land unto which he was born, as any true Welshman does. He wept quietly when the English scorched the crops and razed our towns, as if he had been burned and beaten himself. He smelled the smoke miles before anyone else saw the plumes lifting skyward. He sensed the storms upon the wind before they came” (Sasson1) This shows Owain to be more than human, a demigod of sorts. He has even been compared to the likes of King Arthur and Hercules. (Ben Johnson 1) Furthermore, the novelists view point of the Middle Ages is somewhat similar to my own. What mostly formed my picture of the Middle Ages was what I learned in school, most of which we learned is wrong this semester. But also, much of my picture of the past has been formed through pop culture such as many TV shows, movies, and novels. Most of these portray the Middle Ages as an awesome place with beautiful castle’s and such, but that simply isn’t completely true. It was much darker and dirtier than its
Owain’s depicted as a demigod of sorts, when he is born in the novel it says “the sky rang out, as to welcome him into the world” (Sasson6) Even in the describing of Owain on the first page depicts him as something more than human. “He loved the land unto which he was born, as any true Welshman does. He wept quietly when the English scorched the crops and razed our towns, as if he had been burned and beaten himself. He smelled the smoke miles before anyone else saw the plumes lifting skyward. He sensed the storms upon the wind before they came” (Sasson1) This shows Owain to be more than human, a demigod of sorts. He has even been compared to the likes of King Arthur and Hercules. (Ben Johnson 1) Furthermore, the novelists view point of the Middle Ages is somewhat similar to my own. What mostly formed my picture of the Middle Ages was what I learned in school, most of which we learned is wrong this semester. But also, much of my picture of the past has been formed through pop culture such as many TV shows, movies, and novels. Most of these portray the Middle Ages as an awesome place with beautiful castle’s and such, but that simply isn’t completely true. It was much darker and dirtier than its