The second book of The Once and Future King kind of baffled me. In the beginning I was thinking it was mostly going to be about Arthur and the war, but alot of it was Pellinore too! That was rather exciting if you ask me. Morgause, to me, seemed mentally unstable. It wasn't the fact that she boiled a cat alive, it was more her moods. Her mind changed so fast it sent my head spinning. For Example when her kids killled the unicorn for her, she barely noticed. When she did find out later, she whipped them. But later on in the story shes over come with love for her boys. Its like her meternal switch is broken, it flickers on and off. Its what we would call mentally unstable.
I agree and disagree with The Round Table. I agree that there should be honest people only fighting for the rights of others, but how do you know that they are truely honest. Its not like you could hook them up to a poloygraph test, and they can lie at the meeting when they tell of their adventures. What if they go around and dont know if they are interfearing for the good, but in their mind they think they are? Its a good idea, but flawed. I do think that thoes flaws can be fixed by taking the kids into the round table, but what about the other people that influance around them? I mean, my parents taught me not to swear, but the more I was around people swearing the more I started to swear. You could only surround those kids with people who live by the rules of the round table.
Pellinore and the Questing beast are the highlight of this reading in my perspective. I love them so much! I could just imagin whe King Pellinore got on the magic barge and they pulled out, the look on the Questing Beasts face. One thing that I found was that even though Pellinore was lovesick and everything, he has awesome friends. Alot of times when people are going through hard times, their friends just try to talk them through it. Not Sir Palomides and Sir Grummore , they built a beast costume, TWICE, just to help their friend along. I felt really bad when it back fired and then real Questing beast showed up.
The Orkney brothers were a bother. I wasn't exactly their fault, like when they beat the donkey, it was that they weren't taught anybetter. I felt horrid how they love their mother so much, and half the time they get no love in return, but still its their mother, theyll always love her until they know better. It kind of like when you kick a puppy (i haven't so this isn't from experience.) its always going to come back and lick your hand. The puppy knows no better, you are its master and you can do anything to it, it will always love you. Gareth I think is the smarter leader of the bunch really, he commands the attention when he talks and he doesn't like to be inturrupted like when he was telling the story in the beginning. Gawaine is next in the pecking order. The only reason he got the next spot is because he knew not to run his mouth and he had the rage in him to actually hurt someone. Agravaine is the last in the pecking order because he runs his mouth but has no way to defend himself. I also think that hes the one that has the least amount of hope to be taught, for lack of a better word. When they were hunting the unicorn, Gawaine and Gareth were going to back out because of the beauty of the animal, but Agravaine went on and killed it anyway. It seems to me that he cant be taught the value of life like Arthur was by Merlin.
I think that the Spancle was nasty, but interesting. The only interesting part of it is who is Morgause going to use it on?
The one last thing I want to say is that I'm rather upset that the Questing beast is no longer attached to Pellinore. I think it might be because he has found love. Maybe the Questing beast is there for people to love to chase but once the person chasing her falls in love she has to find someone else because the person chasing her no longer needs to love her. I love the Questing beast, Pellinore and the other knights so much its not even funny, they make this book worth wild .
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The Once And Future King Book One
I really loved when Merlin swore, and the he ended up flying somewhere. That seems to be the most petty lesson that he taught Wart, but Ireally liked it. It was the lesson I remember the most, he was just like, and that should teach you not to curse. My favorite lesson with the animals was the badger. There was an important lesson to that. All living beings started out
the same, and just because man kind is "smarter" then the animals, dosen't mean we rule. It means we have the responsibility to protect the lessers.
With Kay and Arthur you see a really big diffrence. Kay seems to have more pressure on him, making him insecure and a bit bossy and 'above' Arthur. Arthur had no idea of his parantage and he thought that he would be spending the rest of his life carrying around Kay's things. Wart had no pressure on him to exceed at what he had to do in his life. I think thats also the reason why he was crying when he get the sword. It wasnt exactly happiness or releif that his brother wouldn't be bossing him, it was more that he now had to rule and he had the pressure on him now. I think it was also the people that he looked up to all of his life were now bowing down and looking up to him. It was just so overwhelming, so he burst into tears.
I looked up anachronisms in the dictionary and if i read it right it was like Merlin. He was in both the past and the future, not in the right order.
Pellinore and the Questing Beast were I'd say almost my favorite. They didn't realize what they had until they lost it. Pellinore didn't realize how much he cared for the Questing Beast until he found it in the bushes after the Hog hunt. The Questing Beast, I don't think, knew that he had to be the center of someones attention in order to survive. Its like when someone gives up food. The person withers away to nothing, like the Beast. I'm notsure if this makes sense,but the food goes bad, like Pellinore. Not like he went bad as in his morals or anything, more like he went bad as in he was losing his touch, his questing touch.
One thing that I thoguht was funny was that Arthur was introduced by Kay as Wart, but the narrator kept it going, he was known as Wart. It struck me as a riot.
the same, and just because man kind is "smarter" then the animals, dosen't mean we rule. It means we have the responsibility to protect the lessers.
With Kay and Arthur you see a really big diffrence. Kay seems to have more pressure on him, making him insecure and a bit bossy and 'above' Arthur. Arthur had no idea of his parantage and he thought that he would be spending the rest of his life carrying around Kay's things. Wart had no pressure on him to exceed at what he had to do in his life. I think thats also the reason why he was crying when he get the sword. It wasnt exactly happiness or releif that his brother wouldn't be bossing him, it was more that he now had to rule and he had the pressure on him now. I think it was also the people that he looked up to all of his life were now bowing down and looking up to him. It was just so overwhelming, so he burst into tears.
I looked up anachronisms in the dictionary and if i read it right it was like Merlin. He was in both the past and the future, not in the right order.
Pellinore and the Questing Beast were I'd say almost my favorite. They didn't realize what they had until they lost it. Pellinore didn't realize how much he cared for the Questing Beast until he found it in the bushes after the Hog hunt. The Questing Beast, I don't think, knew that he had to be the center of someones attention in order to survive. Its like when someone gives up food. The person withers away to nothing, like the Beast. I'm notsure if this makes sense,but the food goes bad, like Pellinore. Not like he went bad as in his morals or anything, more like he went bad as in he was losing his touch, his questing touch.
One thing that I thoguht was funny was that Arthur was introduced by Kay as Wart, but the narrator kept it going, he was known as Wart. It struck me as a riot.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Le Morte d' Arthur
As I read the packet of Le Morte d' Arthur, I wasn't so happy with it a first. It seemed to be boring, and who would trust a wizard to take their son, even if he did see the future? I was rather worried about what kind of read this was going to be, but once Arthur pulled the sword out of the stone, I started to enjoy the story.
Thomas Malory, the author, didnt really go into detail much, but I liked that. It gave me a chance to fill in the blanks. I choose what Morgan Le Fay looks like and how Sir Launcelot looks with helmet hair. I think thats what really helped me to start to enjoy reading what I read. When other authors fill in the blank with all sorts of detail , to me, it is over whelming. This was a nice change.
King Arthur to me seemed, kind of like a do-gooder. He wants that perfect kingdom, but he also wants whatever he fancys, which makes him seem stuck up almost. For example when Merlin tells him that Gwynevere is destined to be with Sir Launcelot, he ignores that and marries her anyway.
Sir Launcelot was like a little kid. He wanted adventure and it was almost like he went looking for trouble. For example, at first he seemed to be just looking for adventure and the thrill of it, but later on he seemed to enjoy what the great feats were giving him for a name. When he came across Sir Kay, he did a noble thing by crawling out of the window to save his friend. When Launcelot came across the other knights, I dont understand why he didn't just say that it was him and not Sir Kay to save his friends the hurt of defeat.
Sir Modred had an arrogance about him. He already had power, that was given to him by Arthur, but he still had to go and overtake the throne and marry the queen. Also, just because the Archbishop tried to save his soul, he was going to assassinate him.
I believe that Sir Launcelot is a better man then Arthur. Arthur as king had the responsibility to be able to make up his own mind and not be swayed by others. But by letting himself be convinced by his nephew to go to war with Launcelot, he lost a really good knight that would have helped him defeat Modred. Launcelot was willing to forgive Arthur, making him a better man,it was still too late.
Thomas Malory, the author, didnt really go into detail much, but I liked that. It gave me a chance to fill in the blanks. I choose what Morgan Le Fay looks like and how Sir Launcelot looks with helmet hair. I think thats what really helped me to start to enjoy reading what I read. When other authors fill in the blank with all sorts of detail , to me, it is over whelming. This was a nice change.
King Arthur to me seemed, kind of like a do-gooder. He wants that perfect kingdom, but he also wants whatever he fancys, which makes him seem stuck up almost. For example when Merlin tells him that Gwynevere is destined to be with Sir Launcelot, he ignores that and marries her anyway.
Sir Launcelot was like a little kid. He wanted adventure and it was almost like he went looking for trouble. For example, at first he seemed to be just looking for adventure and the thrill of it, but later on he seemed to enjoy what the great feats were giving him for a name. When he came across Sir Kay, he did a noble thing by crawling out of the window to save his friend. When Launcelot came across the other knights, I dont understand why he didn't just say that it was him and not Sir Kay to save his friends the hurt of defeat.
Sir Modred had an arrogance about him. He already had power, that was given to him by Arthur, but he still had to go and overtake the throne and marry the queen. Also, just because the Archbishop tried to save his soul, he was going to assassinate him.
I believe that Sir Launcelot is a better man then Arthur. Arthur as king had the responsibility to be able to make up his own mind and not be swayed by others. But by letting himself be convinced by his nephew to go to war with Launcelot, he lost a really good knight that would have helped him defeat Modred. Launcelot was willing to forgive Arthur, making him a better man,it was still too late.
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