Watership Down Summary

Powerlessness of the Numbats (Aboriginals) against the Rabbits (Europeans) in The Rabbits is shown through the use of words within the mise en scene. Within this picture book, Marsden contributes to the meaning of the story to the readers through very short, but powerful sentences such as: “Sometimes we had fights/But there were too many rabbits/We lost the fights.” The way these sentences are structured so that it places emphasise the appropriate scenario that is occurring in each panel. With Shaun Tan, he conveys the powerless nature of the Indigenous by placing the

Pet rabbits need food, fresh water, a clean living space, and shelter from the elements in order to stay alive and healthy.

Tests, Allies, and Enemies; the hero is tested and must sort out his or her allegiances in the Special World. The rabbits’ strength is test many times throughout the novel. Some of which are when the group of rabbits cross the river for the first time, the group finds that the smaller rabbits cannot swim. They work as a team to get everyone across, using a floating log and pushing the smaller rabbits across. Another test of strength was surviving through the Warren of Snares, where they were welcomed and treated fantastically by Cowslip. Shortly after they arrived, Fiver noticed something off about the warren. Bigwig, was captured in a snare and soon after the other rabbits were attacked.

Quote #1: "I remember about the rabbits, George.""The hell with the rabbits. That’s all you can ever remember is them rabbits." (1.18-19)

This metaphorically suggests that the rabbits have already begun to construct their homes, and now nobody can stop them. Their forceful invasion into the native indigenous landscape is further emphasised by the dead lizard featured in the foreground, which has been brutally squashed with seemingly no remorse. Furthermore, the buildings in the background are entirely formed by jigsaw pieces. Thus Tan presents us with a visual allegory of the rabbit society as manipulative and un-relentless nature.

Good leaders ensure the world continues to advance. In contrast, bad leaders allow cruelty to spread and are often over controlling, taking away the freedom of their people. Richard Adams’s Watership Down is a story about rabbits trying to establish a warren, a society. Hazel, the main character of the book, has been informed that his warren is in danger. He leads a group of rabbits to try and start a new warren in a better environment, away from peril. While trying to find this location, Hazel and his rabbits stumble upon another warren, Efrafa. The secretive warren is led by a fierce rabbit, General Woundwort. Though Hazel and General Woundwort are both leaders, they lead in two distinct ways. Hazel and General Woundwort are drastically different leaders because they take power in contrasting ways, have incongruent methods of leadership, and view their role as leader differently.

In the short story, “The Boat” by Alistair Macleod, symbolism is used to represent an abstract idea. The boat, being a major symbol of the story was the way of life for the family. As the story goes on, the boat starts to make the family feel confined giving them a choice to leave or stay with the boat. There were symbols that impacted the story that had connection towards the boat. Chain bracelets, the father’s clothes, the books that the father read are all symbols that tied to the boat. The father's chain bracelets and clothes represent the father feeling trapped as a fisherman since he never changes out of them. We find out more about the characters and their personal connection with the boat and the other symbols and what it means to them. The family starts to fall apart due to the kids learning about the father’s books leading to them moving away from home. Symbolism is used when one thing is meant to represent something else adding meaning and emotion to the story which is well represented throughout the story.

Depression has the ability to control one’s behavior. In Rabbit Run, John Updike uses Janice and Rabbit to portray depression’s manipulative way of destroying a person. Through many articles, it is explained how the effects of depression cause a downwards spiral of self destruction. Many authors have explored the effects of depression and linked it alcohol abuse as well. This can be easily compared to Janice’s alcohol consumption throughout the book and how it lead her to her downfall and eventual murder of her daughter as well as Rabbit’s indecisive mind. As Rabbit runs from Janice in an attempt to chase his youth, he is just as numb as his wife. Janice drinks her pain away. However, this does not only affect Janice, but her whole family. Her kids are dragged into this situation as well. As one character struggles through depression and all that results from it, the rest of her family is dragged through it with her.

Hee. We are- the rabbits, one might say, of the rabbit world.” Before McMurphy entered the ward, most of the men were husks; they were so chagrined they wouldn’t even laugh out loud.

In the allegorical tale Terrible Things, a Little Rabbit who’s clearing was attacked by the Terrible Things goes to “tell other forest creatures about the Terrible Things (Bunting rabbit walking

There are four different warens with very different systems of power. The Sandleford warren is a warren where power is those with a title. The Watership Down and Cowslip warrens are both warrens where power is those with wit. The Efrafa warren is a warren where power is strength. Power is distributed between the rabbits by those with wit, strength, and a title.

In this society, there are strict rules which are enforced with violence and cruelty. Holly tells them that “just like the Owsla, they have what they call a Council, and each of the Council of Rabbits has some special thing he looks after” (Adams 233). The entire warren is ran by a savage rabbit named Woundwort who created the whole system. In this culture, the rabbits may be offered protection, but they must give up their freedom and are discouraged from thinking differently than their

He freed them from the traps / The hunters set. / A hunter’s son one day /

John Updike's novel, Rabbit, Run, is about a man named Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom. Rabbit is a brainless guy whose career as a high school basketball star peaked at age 18. In his wife's view, he was, before their early, hasty marriage, already drifting downhill.

In Zootopia, where various animals live in harmony, a rabbit called Judy becomes the first rabbit police officer. Judy hardly gets a chance to investigate a mysterious serial missing case and incidentally cooperates with a swindler named Nick. By the end of the investigation, Judy argues with Nick but they reconcile. At the end, the case and a relationship with Nick end successfully.