Watership Down (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Adams
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: The countryside of southern England
- Genres: Long fiction, Fable, Adventure, Fantasy, Animal tale
- Subjects: Freedom, 1970’s, Family or family life, Tradition, Power, personal or social, Politics, Nature, Escapes, Leadership, Revolutions, Rural or country life, Friendship, Human race, England or English people, Oppression, War, Home, Adventure, Progress, Modernization, Animals, Land settlement, Rabbits
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Hazel, one of the rabbits forced to leave Cowslip Warren when it is destroyed by encroaching civilization. He is a young buck rabbit who eventually matures into a wise leader of his warren at Watership Down. Hazel undertakes to guide the rabbits across country to safety; in the course of their travels, he outwits humans, other beasts, natural disasters, and the evil dictator of Efrafa Warren, General Woundwort. Hazel’s character is similar to those of such wily tricksters of myth and folktale as Brer Rabbit, Coyote, Odysseus, and Robin Hood. Eventually,...
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