CYCLE 11 - DAY 2 - SEMESTER 1: Watership Down 421-454

With some baiting and escalation from me, all three groups engaged in some competition against each other for the most productive discussion. Review all three sets of notes on the wikispace--you'll have to admit, the comeptition is really very close. And the group who has the "WE WON" sign on the notes? Self-proclaimed. Do you agree?

HOMEWORK:
Complete the novel. The discussion questions for tomorrow are:

1. Why does Adams tell chapter 48 from Lucy Cane’s perspective? Do you think this was a wise decision? Regardless of whether or not you agree with it, is it well-executed?
2. Why does Bigwig say that Fiver’s sacrifice in battle was greater than his own, even though Fiver was entirely physically unhurt throughout?
3. Is Groundsel ever truly accepted in the Watership Down warren? Why does Hazel make efforts on his behalf?
4. Vilthuril’s story on 470 heavily borrows from Hazel’s actual experience. Why mythologize it in this way?
5. How do they mythologize General Woundwort? Is the portrait unflattering?
6. Why is it El-ahrairah who comes at the end and not the Black Rabbit of Inlé?
7. Why does Adams include the following Lewis Carroll quote at the beginning of the Epilogue? “He was part of my dream, of course—but then I was part of his dream, too."