In book one of The Once and Future King Wart is trying to discover who he is. When he goes on his quest to find Cully the hawk, he finds Merlyn. He also finds King Pellinore, he is on a journey to find the questing beast. Wart likes him immediately and they have an instant bond. Merlyn is a tutor that has help Wart in many ways. Merlyn and Wart become very close as he tutors. He sends Wart on many adventures that help him find his strengths and weaknesses. Years later when Kay becomes knighted, Wart becomes his squire. Once again under Kay. Kay tells Wart to go and retrieve his sword, but when Wart can't find it he sees a different sword. A sword in a stone. When Wart tries to pull it out, he cannot at first. He sees all of the different adventures Merlyn put him through and remembers all the lessons he has learned. He then pulls the sword out of the stone and is heir to the King.
I was really happy when Wart pulled the sword out of the stone. It always seemed like he was less important compared to Kay. Even more so when he became Kay's squire. Kay seemed pompous and ungrateful to me. He was very mean to Wart, but on some line it help Wart to see and act in a different way as him. I enjoyed the adventures Merlyn sent Wart on. He learned something about himself each time. All of the things that would help him become a great king. Bravery, compassion, heart, courage and war. These lessons are going to be really important later in the book. Merlyn was of great help to Arthur because the life lessons he learned are all vital to being a great king, and they will stick with him. The adventure I liked the best is when Merlyn sent Wart to the sky to travel with the geese. He sees there views on war and fighting. Being a king, it is really important that he knows how to fight, but to fight right. Fighting is only good when necessary, fighting for no reason is bad. The method of teaching Merlyn uses I think is very interesting. I've always thought that talking in class and having conversations was the easiest, to act it out and think about the information in a real life situation. The way Wart learned is simalier, except he did it in real life. I think that Merlyn was smart to do it this way because Arthur will remember and understand it for the rest of his life. When Wart pulled the sword out of the stone, I think he was right to reject it at first. His whole life had changed at that moment. When he found out the truth, I think he should be more open to his new life. I think as he becomes more comfortable with the new position he is in, he will be a great king. Faced with challenges and adventures but he will overcome them all.
Vocabulary:
These are words I thought were interesting and didn't understand. I also had trouble pronouncing some of them.
Scythes, yarak, doggedly, fewmets, brachet, hearken, portcullis, scombre, rheumatism, melodious, laboriously, stridulated, belligerent, ornithology, anseriformes and menagerie. I also want to know what the words Explicit Limber Primus are. Is it Latin?
I was really happy when Wart pulled the sword out of the stone. It always seemed like he was less important compared to Kay. Even more so when he became Kay's squire. Kay seemed pompous and ungrateful to me. He was very mean to Wart, but on some line it help Wart to see and act in a different way as him. I enjoyed the adventures Merlyn sent Wart on. He learned something about himself each time. All of the things that would help him become a great king. Bravery, compassion, heart, courage and war. These lessons are going to be really important later in the book. Merlyn was of great help to Arthur because the life lessons he learned are all vital to being a great king, and they will stick with him. The adventure I liked the best is when Merlyn sent Wart to the sky to travel with the geese. He sees there views on war and fighting. Being a king, it is really important that he knows how to fight, but to fight right. Fighting is only good when necessary, fighting for no reason is bad. The method of teaching Merlyn uses I think is very interesting. I've always thought that talking in class and having conversations was the easiest, to act it out and think about the information in a real life situation. The way Wart learned is simalier, except he did it in real life. I think that Merlyn was smart to do it this way because Arthur will remember and understand it for the rest of his life. When Wart pulled the sword out of the stone, I think he was right to reject it at first. His whole life had changed at that moment. When he found out the truth, I think he should be more open to his new life. I think as he becomes more comfortable with the new position he is in, he will be a great king. Faced with challenges and adventures but he will overcome them all.
Vocabulary:
These are words I thought were interesting and didn't understand. I also had trouble pronouncing some of them.
Scythes, yarak, doggedly, fewmets, brachet, hearken, portcullis, scombre, rheumatism, melodious, laboriously, stridulated, belligerent, ornithology, anseriformes and menagerie. I also want to know what the words Explicit Limber Primus are. Is it Latin?
1 comment:
Any thoughts about why TH White portrays Kay as so arrogant?
Why is Merlyn's way of teaching so successful? Is there one lesson that stands out in your mind as the most important? Has Merlyn given Arthur enough knowledge to be a successflu leader, in your opinion?
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