What is Daniel's dream to present to Rosh in The Bronze Bow?
Daniel dreams of presenting a group of young men to help push the Romans out of Israel. Daniel had once been a part of Rosh's group hiding in the mountains. He is also a Zealot, like Rosh and his men, seeking to free fellow Jews from the oppressive Romans. When he must return to his village to care for his sister and becomes the village blacksmith, he forms a group of young men eager to fight the Romans. He, along with his friend Joel and his twin sister Malthace, meet secretly with an ever-growing group to undermine the Roman rule of their land. At times, Rosh contacts them to assist in the cause. Daniel respects and loves Rosh, seeking his approval because Rosh saved his life when he was young. Though he is beginning to question Rosh's methods in seeking liberation, Daniel still dreams to giving Rosh a body of...
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In The Bronze Bow, what does Daniel dream of presenting to Rosh?
In Chapter Eight, after Daniel returns from Joel's house to Rosh, it is clear that what Daniel dreams about most is being able to raise a group of men who would be part of Rosh's army, that he could use to fight the Romans and chase them out of their land. Note how he dreams of Judas, the last person who tried such a feat:
Judas, with his heroic father and brothers, had dared to rise up and defy the oppressor, and for a time Israel had breathed the free air again. Here in these very mountains Judas, young and daring and cunning as a panther, had hidden from his enemies and taken them by surprise.... There were young men everywhere who longed for such a chance again. Together, he and Joel would find them.
What Daniel dreams of more than anything therefore is being able to liberate his homeland from Roman occupation. What he wants to be able to do is to raise a strong enough force to be able to present them to Rosh so that he can openly resist and defy the Romans, rather than just robbing those that come their way. The dream of Daniel is very fervent: he is not worried about his own glory, but he is focused on the fate of his homeland alone. This of course contrasts him very strongly to Rosh, who is not the patriotic figure Daniel takes him to be.