Matthew Jenkins
I. The genre of "The Book of Merlyn" is speculative fiction or science fiction. This book is classified as a speculative fiction because of the way in which the story plays out not as an adventure but as a discussion where Merlyn, King Arthur, and some other friendly creatures of nature debate over Homo sapiens, and most of all why they have wars. There are many innovations of this book. For instance this book creates such a new type of a book that has never been seen before just like it's extremely philosophical, and intellectual nature.
II. T.H. White ( his full name is Terence Hanbury White ) born in Bombay, India on May 29,1906. He has a very technical style of writing. He is best known for his novel series called "The Once and Future King". He went to Stowe School in 1930 to become an English master .
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III. The central conflict in the plot of "The Book of Merlyn" (external)is the extensive debate between the characters as they decide the name of humans, how they fit into the world, and most importantly if they are supposed to be there. The climax is when King Arthur turns back into a human after being a goose and becoming sort of happy in his own way. The denouement occurs when the King makes a peace treaty with Mordred but the snake ruins the treaty by scaring one of Mordred's men and igniting the battle causing Mordred and King Arthur to die.
There is one subplot where King Arthur becomes a goose and falls in love. There is not much suspense in this book. This book was not originally its own book and repeats some things from "The Once and Future King" series.
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...vention of war. It goes on and on in a rather didactic fashion, and one could skip whole chunks of Merlyn's dialogue in particular without losing out on story.
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X. I feel this story would make an excellent book but a terrible series ender. The entire book is great and keeps the reader interested the entire time but when it comes time for the book to end it falls flat leaving me wondering why it sets such a horrible view on life that in the end the devil will win. While I liked the idea of a council from nature debating over human life; the end of the book ruins the story. Having a snake scare an enemy soldier and have Arthur's men take as a sign of war is just a sad denouement for such a brilliant writer to make as an ending of a sure fire award winner.
War. Author Michael Shaara does an excellent job of showing the bravery and valor of
Mystery is just a precursor to suspense. Suspense is used in several places throughout the story. One, when Rainsford is standing at the door seeing a giant standing there silent, this makes the reader wonder what will happen next. Two, when Zaroff is talking to Rainsford about the most dangerous game. This fools the reader and Rainsford about Zaroffs intentions towards Rainsford, and it makes the reader want to keep reading. Last, Rainsfords dilemmas keep the reader in suspense. The reader wonders how he will get himself out of his predicaments.
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and believe it to be one of the best books I have ever read. It was extremely well written and challenging for me to understand at times. It conveys that dark side of human ambition very well, and it has given me much to think about.
My overall opinion of this book is good I really liked it and recommend it to anyone. It is a good book to read and it keep you interested throughout the whole book.
I think my favorite thing about this novel was the realistic ending. Some books try to just give you a fairy tale but this book had an ending that mad you think in the end if I was in the same position would I do the same thing. I didn’t like the fact that the novel portrayed mental illness in a way to say that it needed to be hidden and protected. I thought this novel was very believable for the time period that it was set in. I think the ending to this novel was perfect it was an accurate ending to this
The ending of this book was a cliffhanger. In my opinion that is the worse kind of ending, but that’s how that writing persuades the reader to get the next book in the series. Without giving too much away about the end of the story, it was very unexpected. To be
The book is so well written it can be read in many different ways, as I have mentioned. In the first chapter we get hints as to all of them and the ambiguity of the story starts as early as chapter 1, giving the reader different paths to read the story, in different ways.
book I was greatly troubled by its ending. I can see why it is an excellent novel, but at
I found the book to be easy, exciting reading because the story line was very realistic and easily relatable. This book flowed for me to a point when, at times, it was difficult to put down. Several scenes pleasantly caught me off guard and some were extremely hilarious, namely, the visit to Martha Oldcrow. I found myself really fond of the char...
2) What is the main conflict in the book? Is it external or internal? How is this conflict resolved throughout the course of the book?
Fans of the novel found that the way the novel is written, you never want to put it down and the action keeps things moving and is quite entertaining. The novel pulls you in and makes you love each of the main characters in it. This is a great series for anyone to read, and it is audience friendly for whoever reads them. There is quite a bit of suspense that will make the novel exceed readers 's expectations, and the twists and turns keeps you guessing and lets nothing be predictable. Some like the way this group of people bands together when they really need to and keep things together so they can all stop the
Reynolds, Ann. "The Wars." Masterplots II: British & Commonwealth Fiction Series (1987): 1-4. Literary Reference Center. Web. 9 Apr. 2014.
There are several things that I like about this book. First off, I love historical fiction, and this is the genre of this book. Also, despite the author being too descriptive, the book went at a steady pace. For me, pace usually determines whether I will read the book or not, and I never really hesitated, or thought about changing books.
The best part of any of novel is the ending and this is no exception
series for two reasons. The first reason is because it ties up all the questions I had from the other books. This book really was a good ending, for me at least. And the second reason is because it’s just a great book. It has mystery, suspense, humor, action and many more things that keep you from putting the book down. On a scale of one to ten I would rate this ten and it is also my number one favorite book (so far).