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Parentice The Burning Bridge Analysis

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All the books have relatively similar themes, the main one being courage. Will showed courage in many different ways and proved that courage isn't just about standing up for what's right, but sticking by it no matter the cost. This was shown well in John Flanagan's book Ranger's Apprentice The Burning Bridge. He gave many examples of courage ranging from someone standing up to the enemy, or stepping out of their comfort zone to complete a goal.
There are many examples of will showing courage throughout the book. He did this in many ways, but the biggest was putting himself in harm's way so others didn't have to. The most prevalent example of this was on the bridge. After many days of tracking a group of mongols will found out they had been building a bridge to surprise attack the kingdom, knowing that the bridge would be done shortly he decided to attack the bridge head on and destroy it. After setting the bridge on fire him and his companions were attacked. he told the people he was with ¨You get back! I'll stay and hold them off.¨ He did this with the full knowledge that him staying to hold off the attackers would mean being trapped on the opposite side of the bridge with the enemy. Although the strategy …show more content…

When Will first began his journey he encountered two thieves that threatened to kill him and his friends. And even in the face of multiple people intending to do harm he remained calm and handled the situation calmly and skillfully. Even though will is well trained, he is not invincible. This was shown to him when during an attack he was knocked out and taken hostage. Even when injured and vulnerable he kept his cool and was able to calm down the other prisoners and stand up for them against the kidnappers, eventually gaining them freedom. This showed that you don't have to be in a good position to show bravery, and that bravery can be shown in even the most dark

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