Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Beyond Natural Instincts
When referring to the need for the rabbits, who are all bucks, to dig burrows at Watership Down, Blackberry says, "There's nothing to stop us having them, except that buck rabbits won't dig. Not can't-won't.... I'm quite sure, myself, that if we don't change our natural ways we shan't be able to stay here much longer. Somewhere else perhaps; but not here" (p. 145). In what other instances do the rabbits expand beyond their natural instincts and behaviors to overcome a challenging or unfamiliar situation?
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Some other instances include carrying food in their mouths, opening cages, and running at a steady pace.
They expand beyond their natural instincts by trying with all their might to get out of a trap. They can also carry food in their mouths.
I think Bigwig expanded his natural instincts because Efrafa is a lot different from the Sandleford Warren. Bigwig had to learn a whole new way to live because he was used to being able to silflay whenever he wanted, being ably to go where ever he wanted whenever he wanted, and being able to talk to anyone whenever he wanted. At Cowslip's Warren, they had to carry food in their mouth, silflay underground, and listen to rabbit poetry instead of stories. The Sandleford rabbits definitely had to expand their natural instincts.
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