CYCLE 9 - DAY 2 - SEM 1: Watership Down 205-228

In our abbreviated class period of twenty minutes, we addressed the question of whether or not Hazel should lose his status of Chief Rabbit for the debacle the Nuthanger Farm raid turned into.

Your comments about why he should all related to the following points:

• It was an unnecessary risk
• It was too impulsive: all they had to do was wait for Holly's return
• It jeopardized everyone's lives for a payoff of questionable value; can the does breed?  Their lack of knowledge about living in the wild puts everyone at risk.
• It demonstrated cockiness on his part
• He was not truthful to others in the group

Your comments about why he should not all related to the following points:

• The raid demonstrated a finely trained team acting in concert
• He was decisive and willing to take risks of his own
• He did get does for the warren, which is what they need

While there was an unquestionable payoff, the vast majority of you felt that, in the end, it just wasn't worth it.  I asked you to determine where you

 would place Hazel on the following spectrum:

Most of you fell to the middle and the left, indicating that at the very least, Hazel deserves to be seriously reprimanded for his dangerous behavior.

YOUR HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEKEND:

Read pages 229-257 in Watership Down.  The study guide will be on the wikispace by Saturday afternoon.