Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Fiver's Role
A vision in which Fiver foresees the destruction of the Sandleford warren is the motivation that propels the rabbits to go in search of a new home. What role does Fiver-and in particular his visions-play throughout the journey? What does the bird Kehaar, who travels great distances to and from the ocean, mean when he says that "Fiver was one who had traveled a good deal further than he had himself" (p. 263)?
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Fiver's role is that he helped save them time and again, at watership down, cowslips warren, saving Hazel from the farm, and being the first to cross the river test, and convince the does that it was safe. What Kehaar meant was that fiver has semi-traveled to unknown places where he learned what to say, vision-wise.
Fiver has helped a great deal to save them from danger. He has proved this with Cowslip's warren. I think Kehaar meant that Fiver has traveled (vision-wise) to other places and has learned what to say about it.
Fiver is very important to the story for many reasons. Fiver has saved their lives many times. Fiver had a vision about humans coming to the Sandleford Warren and when Holly found them, Fiver figured out he was right. Fiver also saved them from Cowslip's Warren because he made them all realize that snares were everywhere and the warren really wasn't safe for them. I think Kehaar meant that Fiver's mind has been traveling many places since he has had many visions about many different places. The spirit, Frith, has traveled many different places and is giving Fiver the vision. Since Frith is in Fiver's mind, Fiver too has traveled many different places.
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