... specimen, or one filled with the poison of boredom that will send you into unconsciousness in matter of 60 seconds. Thus with some trepidation I opened Watership Down by Richard Adams published 1972. The first page hooked me. It felt as if J.R.R. Tolkien, Brian Jacques, and the leading biologist on English ... rabbits only count up to four. Anything more than that is to them a thousand or a great many ie an uncountable number. The author filled Watership Down with believable but impossible surprises like the full language spoken by the rabbits. Words like lendri, silflay, and Thethunthin...

• Word Count: 1243
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... Hazel and his tenacious group of rabbit's travel? Hazel and the rabbits that follow him travel to three warrens in search of a place to make a new one in the novel Watership Down, written by Richard Adams. All of these warrens are different. They have different governments, different locations, and different rabbit morales. Sandleford is the first warren that the rabbits are in ... ...

• Word Count: 586
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... country today. They may be children, adult, or teen books. They all have a same and similar quality that leads their readers to believe that they are masterpieces. One particular book, Watership Down ¸ has been placed in this category. Although it seems to be a child's book, its theme is so complex young children wouldn't understand the battle and the complex life of ... of a masterpiece, I see that a masterpiece is described as something done or made with extraordinary skill, a capital performance or a supreme achievement (according to the hyper dictionary). Looking at the novel Water...

• Word Count: 959
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In Richard Adams" Watership Down, Hazel and Fiver are more than just ordinary leaders. They are spiritual ones also. Faith, Wisdom, Compassion, and Courage are key virtues we see lived out in Hazel, Fiver, and ... would also remain calm. Whenever a plan was needed, Hazel would always come up with one. If it weren't for Hazel all of the rabbits on Watership Down would have died at Sandleford. Hazel led the rabbits of Watership Down to become allies with other animals. The first animal that Hazel became friends with was a small mouse. Even though the mouse wasn't big enough to ... ...

• Word Count: 750
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School