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    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 makes for a successful leader with the characters Hazel and Woodward’s leading styles. The protagonist of “Watership Down” is Hazel, he is later of the warren the story follows. Hazel was made chief by the warren members and is supported by the whole group when making a decision. He takes the other rabbits into consideration before committing to something that affects the warren. The main reason they choose to follow Hazel is because he's not afraid to do something new, something that has never been done before. For example, Hazel…

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    Watership Down Summary

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    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…

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    In the novel Watership Down by Richard Adams, the lapine vocabulary is used as the language between the rabbits. For instance, the word Flayrah is used to mean unusually good food. It is important to the plot because rabbits eat grass, but Cowslip says they eat more appetizing food from the fields like lettuce or carrots (flayrah). Fiver gets a feeling that there's something unnatural about this warren. This feeling soon helps him discover that they live on a farm. The rabbits are getting fed so…

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    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.…

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    The success of any group is determined by those who lead it. In Richard Adams’ Watership Down, a band of rabbits led by Hazel leave their warren when one of them, Hazel’s little brother Fiver, feels that some sort of danger is imminent. They encounter several struggles before they settle down and create the Watership warren. An attempt to extract does from another warren called Efrafa, lead by the fierce General Woundwort, starts a rivalry between the two groups. Hazel and Woundwort are…

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    Although being written by a father about the stories he told his children, Watership Down by Richard Adams reflects the state of nations and humanity during the cold war era. The characters are all rabbits, traveling through a several-mile patch of land in England. Hazel the rabbit is the main character. Hazel and his friends had their home destroyed, and go out into the world to find a new one. While doing so, they encounter two warrens, Cowslip’s warren and Efrafa. While Cowslip’s warren is…

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    Watership Down Theory

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    “We were most surprised about the increased numbers of murders in kids’ films,” Dr James Kirkbride, a Sir Henry Dale Fellow, tells Yahoo Parenting in an email. “The killing off of Simba’s dad Mufasa in the ‘Lion King’ is a brutal cinema moment. And there are many other examples in kids’ films — Bambi’s mother getting shot, Nemo’s mother getting eaten by a barracuda, and Syndrome being tossed into a jet engine at the end of ‘The Incredibles.’ This final example might raise dubious moral…

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    Watership Down Analysis

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    In the downs of a small farm, two rabbits are getting ready to flee their warren in an effort to escape the dangers of men come to kill them. Richard Adam’s Watership Down follows these two rabbits - named Hazel and Fiver - as they gather a following and make their way across the farmland to safety. The band of misfits looks to Hazel for guidance, and he leads them to their haven. A warren is established atop the hills where the rabbits are safe and sound. However, the need to keep the warren…

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    Due to the fact it's written from the third person omniscient perspective, "the narrator can stop the action at any time and tell us everything that we need to know in order for the story to make sense" (Shmoop Editorial Team). However, what's most fascinating about the narration of Watership Down is it's preferential treatment of rabbits, compared to humanity itself. Arguably, this is done to help you as a reader sympathize and connect with these creatures you're reading about, but there's an…

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    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 shook it off as a nightmare as well. The chief said it was nonsense and told Hazel to go back to his warren. A few…

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