Watership Down Review

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HazelIs a good leaderFiver’s brotherLeads the expeditionSacrificing rabbitKind And HonestWins the loyalty of the other rabbits

FiverSmallSecond sight- Sixth SenseSmartStarts to become a leader

BigwigPart of the Owsla in SandlefordBiggest and strongest in the warrenNever gives upWants to win and leadDefends his groupStrategic

General WoundwortThe chief rabbit of EfrafaBurly BigStrongTempermental IntimidatingViolent and strictTyrantOverprotectiveWont back down

KehaarA birdReally helpful to Hazel’s warrenFound them doesRashA fighterWiseLoyal

CowslipLeader of the warrenNot honestDeceivingUnnatural

El-AhrairahRabbit HeroA great tricksterLeaderAdventures that are told about him relate to the main story

BlackberryTricksterSmartHazel looks to him for plansFastGets the other rabbits across the water

DandelionStorytellerFastest

Warrens

Cowslip’s warrenPlentiful foodLarge rabbitsNot a lot of rabbitsWarren is on farmA great burrow used to model honeycombDeceitful and unnaturalNo real leader

Woundwort’s WarrenDictatorial/totalitiarian led by fear and big rabbitsOrganizedEveryone has a roleSecretive, hides from men and ElilMistreated Too large very well defendedHarsh punishments

Hazel’s WarrenCivilizedDevelopedDon’t attack without provocationNot evilLeader, others opinions consideredNot many restrictionsAcceptingOn Watership down

Themes

HomeIt is all about finding a new homeThey have to fight for their homeFamily is included which meant they had to find DoesFreedomTrust and safetyPeacefulequality

LeadershipThey needed leadership just to make it to their home.They tested Hazels leadership.So many leaders, they either helped or hindered, were good or bad leaders.

TrickeryThey had to use trickery like El-Ahrairah just to keep the group alive.They used the raft and tricked WWEfrafa and KehaarThe rhyme to kehaarTricked a dog

Epics

The Story of the Blessing of El-ahrairah

Introduces trickeryFrith tries to outsmart El-ahrairahRabbits have many enemies; They have to use trickery, and speed

Story of the King’s Lettuce

Prince Rainbow Says steal the kings lettucesEl-ahrairah is successful in stealing the lettuce from the king This supports the trickery that is used in the main story

The Story of the King’s Lettuce

The Story of the Trial of El-ahrairah

El-ahrairah steals carrots and Prince Rainbow sends Hufsa to live with El-ahrairah and reports back to the PrinceEl-ahrairah tricks Hufsa and steals the Prince’s carrotsNo one believes Hufsa’s crazy story

The Story of El-ahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inle

El-ahrairah tries to trick the Black Rabbit but loses his whiskers, tail, earsEl-ahrairah went to the Black Rabbit to help his peopleEl-ahrairah is sacrificing, Bigwig is sacrificing himself to Efrafa-Leaders cannot always help FATE

The Story of Rowsby Woof and the Fairy WogDog

El-ahrairah plays trick on Rowsby Woof to get food

Close to the end of the story they use the dog to outsmart Woundwort

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