Comparing Wart's The Once And Future King
Throughout the story of The Once and Future King, a variety of themes and ideas have displayed, some including leadership and diverse political theories. For those who have never read The Once and Future King, the story follows the storyline of Wart who is being trained by a “wizard” named Merlyn, to be king. Merlyn is teaching Wart the best way he can, by giving Wart hands on experience, turning him into different animals and creatures, putting Wart into situations where he must think to solve or learn from.
Although some students learn differently, Wart takes an interest in the hands on experience Merlyn provides while turning him into specific animals to learn lessons or use what he already knows to find a solution to the problem. This idea …show more content…
There are many types of governments that Wart will encounter while he is king including socialism and communism. The animals of which Wart is turned into have their own system within the story. As for the ants, T. H. White explains the ideas of Communism. “Everything not forbidden is compulsory” hangs in all the tunnels leading to the ants. The meaning behind this is saying that anything you are told to do is law. In chapter thirteen, a single queen ant rules over a population of possibly hundreds of thousands of ants. Each ant is referred to as done or not done, done meaning the ant is sane and able to perform his/her job and not done meaning the ant isn’t very useful to the ant population and their society. Not every government is ruled the same way so Merlyn displays Socialism through the geese. Among the geese there is no ruler, no laws, etc. The geese are able to roam around freely and do as they please. This works because when there are no laws, how could there be fighting; and what is the need to fight when there is never conflict? Although these are not the only two governments displayed, T. H. White goes into further details, through Wart’s character, about the lessons learned in his experiences.
In a story behind King Arthur, T. H. White shows Wart what it really means to being king, both the good and bad sides to it. It’s not all that easy being
Although some students learn differently, Wart takes an interest in the hands on experience Merlyn provides while turning him into specific animals to learn lessons or use what he already knows to find a solution to the problem. This idea …show more content…
There are many types of governments that Wart will encounter while he is king including socialism and communism. The animals of which Wart is turned into have their own system within the story. As for the ants, T. H. White explains the ideas of Communism. “Everything not forbidden is compulsory” hangs in all the tunnels leading to the ants. The meaning behind this is saying that anything you are told to do is law. In chapter thirteen, a single queen ant rules over a population of possibly hundreds of thousands of ants. Each ant is referred to as done or not done, done meaning the ant is sane and able to perform his/her job and not done meaning the ant isn’t very useful to the ant population and their society. Not every government is ruled the same way so Merlyn displays Socialism through the geese. Among the geese there is no ruler, no laws, etc. The geese are able to roam around freely and do as they please. This works because when there are no laws, how could there be fighting; and what is the need to fight when there is never conflict? Although these are not the only two governments displayed, T. H. White goes into further details, through Wart’s character, about the lessons learned in his experiences.
In a story behind King Arthur, T. H. White shows Wart what it really means to being king, both the good and bad sides to it. It’s not all that easy being