The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, is about a eleven year old boy named Will. Will is part of large family and lives a close to normal life until the day of his eleventh birthday. On Will’s eleventh birthday,he is told that he has powers and needs to use his power and the help of the rest of the light to defeat the dark. Throughout the book, Susan Cooper developes many themes for the Will, and the reader to understand. One of the themes in The Dark is Rising is that unity is power. Another theme is to trust your powers. The themes in the book are shown in many different ways. Susan Cooper develops the themes with symbolism,the genre, and grown through the stories conflicts.
One theme shown in The Dark is Rising is that unity is power. On …show more content…
First off all, Susan Cooper uses the genre of the book to show the themes. In the fantasy/dystopian book, Susan Cooper uses the fantasy aspect of the book to adapt the theme trust your powers by giving Will fantasy based powers . For adapting both of the theme she adds lots of symbolism. For unity is power, she uses symbolism with the unified signs to show that unity power and uses Wills powers to symbolism someone's strengths for the theme trust your powers. Finally Susan Cooper uses character development and rising actions throughout the book to symbolise the two themes. For example,through Wills character development he learns to have a lot more confidence in himself which eventually leads him into learning to trust his powers. To add on his character development teaches him to act a lot less selflessly and work a lot better with the rest of the light which helps the reader understand the theme of trusting your powers. Lastly, she helps grow both of the themes in the book through the rising action. In very high action, intense fighting scenes against the dark. During those types of scenes, Will has to learn how to trust his powers in order to protect himself and others, and when he is fighting against the dark with the rest of the “old ones” in teaches him that the work better together than apart and that unity is power.Susan Cooper uses many
One theme shown in The Dark is Rising is that unity is power. On …show more content…
First off all, Susan Cooper uses the genre of the book to show the themes. In the fantasy/dystopian book, Susan Cooper uses the fantasy aspect of the book to adapt the theme trust your powers by giving Will fantasy based powers . For adapting both of the theme she adds lots of symbolism. For unity is power, she uses symbolism with the unified signs to show that unity power and uses Wills powers to symbolism someone's strengths for the theme trust your powers. Finally Susan Cooper uses character development and rising actions throughout the book to symbolise the two themes. For example,through Wills character development he learns to have a lot more confidence in himself which eventually leads him into learning to trust his powers. To add on his character development teaches him to act a lot less selflessly and work a lot better with the rest of the light which helps the reader understand the theme of trusting your powers. Lastly, she helps grow both of the themes in the book through the rising action. In very high action, intense fighting scenes against the dark. During those types of scenes, Will has to learn how to trust his powers in order to protect himself and others, and when he is fighting against the dark with the rest of the “old ones” in teaches him that the work better together than apart and that unity is power.Susan Cooper uses many