Eileen H

Eileen Howard
Watership Down
Richard Adam
Fantasy
Just Right
Page 36

1. In my book the rabbits had run away from their warren because Fiver has had several premonitions that something bad was going to happen. Fiver and Hazel get together a group of rabbits and they leave the warren to escape the coming danger and leave that night. After spending the night walking through the woods the rabbits became exhausted, so they stopped and had Dandelion tell them a story about El-ahairah. Towards the end of the story, a badger sneaks up on the rabbits. The group of rabbits flees from the badger but find themselves facing a vast river that they are unsure that they could cross, but the fields on the other side are much better than the woods they’re in.

2. So far I don’t really like this book for a couple of reasons. First off, I really don’t enjoy reading fantasy books because I feel that fantasy books can’t ever really move someone the way that a realistic fiction book can. Also since the all of the characters are animals it is very hard to relate with the characters. I think that the rabbits are supposed represent humans and their problems but I still find it hard to make connections with them.

3. A theme that I have noticed so far is leadership. Hazel is the leader of the group of the rabbits that left the warren even though Bigwig is bigger and stronger. Hazel is able to think for the group and use the talents of all of the rabbits to get the most benefit from them. He has very clear goals and won’t let anything stop him from reaching his goals.

4. My favorite character so far is Fiver, Hazel’s brother. I like Fiver because he is a small and awkward rabbit but uses his ability to sense danger for the most benefit. He has helped the rabbits indirectly by going through his brother, Hazel. Also I feel bad for Fiver because most of the rabbits think he’s a nuisance.

5. My least favorite character is the Chief Rabbit. When Hazel and Fiver went to tell him about the danger that was coming he just dismissed them like they were less of a person than himself. Also he got mad at Bigwig, who is a very nice rabbit, for letting Hazel and Fiver wake him up to talk about what he thought was an unimportant matter.

6. I think that the rabbits will eventually cross the river to the large open fields. There they will set up their own warren, while the other warren gets destroyed by the humans.