Tales from Watership Down

Watership Down is a novel written by Richard Adams, about a group of rabbits ran away from their home warren and establish a new one. In Sandleford Warren, Fiver, a rabbit who can predict when is disaster is going to occur, tell his brother, Hazel, about something bad going to happen to warren. With the notice, Hazel and Fiver went warn the Chief Rabbit, Threarah, about the danger but the Chief does not believe them. Later Hazel convinced Dandelion, Blackberry and Pipkin to join. Bigwig, an Owlsa or “policemen” of the warren, believe Fiver’s prediction and join Hazel’s herd. Just before depart, Hazel persuade Hawkbit, Buckworth, Speedwell, Acorn, and Silver to join. They soon left the warren and have Fiver to decide where to settle. After…

To rule solely with an iron fist or to allow the people to govern himself, Which is best to run a society? In the novel, “Watership Down” by Richard Adams, the reader follows the main character, Hazel, as he moves forward on this adventure with a few other rabbits. On their journey, They pass through different types of societies. As hazel is more and more exposed to different types of leading strategies he begins to form what the most effective way a leader should lead. The author explores what…

“It was just a nightmare” was Hazel's response to Fiver’s vision about humans attacking the Sandleford Warren. Hazel did not believe what Fiver had said, but Fiver, the younger, more loyal member of the Sandleford Warren, could not obliviate the thought. Fiver, in fear responded, “ Oh, Hazel! This is where it comes from! I know now- something very bad! Some terrible thing- coming closer and closer.” Hazel had to drag Fiver, a burden, back to the warren. Hazel, in anxiety warned the Chief who…

How would you like to learn some awesome facts about the Inuits and the Mi’Kmaq, well, this is the essay for you! In this essay you will learn some differences and similarities between the Inuits and the Mi’Kmaq. I will, explain to you why the differences are the differences and why the similarities are similarities between the Inuits and the Mi’Kmaq. In this paragraph I will, tell you One similarity for them and, I will explain why this is a similarity. The similarity is That both of them live…

Giving rabbits human qualities is a curious idea for a book. Nonetheless, Richard Adams took this idea and wrote Watership Down, a novel that follows a group of rabbits as they flee their warren. The band of misfits is led by a rabbit named Hazel who, at the encouragement of his brother, takes his people out of their old warren and leaving the promise of upcoming danger behind. They travel across farmland until they reach the downs and build their own warren, safe from the looming danger of men.…

being a rich and famous actress. But, like in the last quote, Lennie breaks her neck because he wants to be able to tend to his beloved rabbits. Another moment where the reader can see that Lennie really did affect Curley’s wife is shown here, “‘Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely’” (Steinbeck 86). Curley’s wife also just wants to be able to talk to people and be social instead of being isolated and lonely in her home. But, once again, Curley’s wife will be…

sleeve, when danger presents itself, he knows just how to defeat it. His strategic characteristic allows him to evaluate all ideas that are contributed from each individual rabbit and to combine all of the good qualities to create the best decision possible. Hazel has the ability to rely on a specific rabbit depending on what situation they are in. However, he cannot not think as clearly as Blackberry or as deeply as Fiver,…

Fearing the jaws of death, the rabbits sought refuge with the humans and their domesticized pets. At first the dog and cats welcomed the rabbits with open arms, dazzled at their beauty, but the rabbits grew jealous that any other creature would receive more attention than them. So, once more they manipulated the humans to turn against those with less beauty against them. “We are more beautiful than dogs or cats,” the rabbits declared. “They are ugly creatures.” In consequence, millions of…

Napoleon’s most upsetting defeat came at Waterloo. Or it may have occurred eight years earlier, after the French emperor was attacked by a bunch of rabbits. There are a couple versions of this story. In July 1807, Napoleon signed the Treaties of Tilsit which ended the war between the French and Russia Looking to celebrate, the French proposed a rabbit hunt, asking Chief of Staff Alexandre Berthier to make it happen. Berthier arranged an outdoor rabbit hunt and invited some of the…

there is an abundance of snow. In Downriver a group of teenage trouble makers join a program called Discovery Unlimited and are sent to Southern Colorado to learn how to live off the land. Johnny Least-Weasel, the main character of The Trap, lives in a small village in the snowy hills of Alaska and has learned skills on how to survive his whole life from his elders. Each novel develops the same theme that the knowledge of survival protects from dangers of living off the land.…