Copies available at Wilsonville library and Library2Go.
We will discuss this the first Wednesday in November.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Watership Down Discussion Questions
1. What is Fiver's role in the novel?
2. What role do humans play in Watership Down? How do they compare to other animals?
3. Assuming that each of the warrens can be viewed as a metaphor for a way that people live their lives, what does the Cowslip’s warren represent? And Efrafra?
4. What is the role of the stories that the rabbits tell inside the novel? Assess both metaphorical implications and practical role within the plot.
5. Why might Adams have chosen rabbits, rather than other creatures, as the subjects for his novel? What features of rabbits make them special?
6. How is Hazel the leader? Why not Bigwig or Blackberry?
7. Why does Cowslip’s warren make physical art? Are they the only rabbits to make art? What is the difference between Art and Craft?
8. Efrafra and Woundwort – what lessons can we take from them. At what point does security trump liberty?
9. What is the significance of Kehaar? Hazel is nice to Kehaar as well as the mice. Could the rabbits have been as successful without them?
10. Describe the Blackavar in your life? Why does Adams include his character in the story?
11. Who is your favorite character and why?
12. What problems might the Watership Down warren have in the future?
13. At the end, no one really knows what happened to Woundwort. What do you hope happens to him?
14. What is the overall message of the book?
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