Watership Down Advanced Placement Essay Sample - Part 2

Watership Down Advanced Placement Essay Sample - Part 2Watership Down, a story by Seth Grahame-Smith, is available for review on the AP English Literature website. There is also a Watership Down Advanced Placement Essay Sample available to be reviewed for college students and teachers, by Mike Schaub, Director of the Center for Scholarly Communication at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.The story is part of the 'Chronicles' volume of his acclaimed and bestselling 'Compass' series of novels, which are published as four sectioned books. He has done this so that he can communicate the intricacies of the characters and their relationships with one another and yet capture the reader's attention. In this way, the story is so clear that it is easy to read and quite impressive for an advanced placement essay.The Watership Down Advanced Placement Essay Sample used two perspectives to discuss the point of view and the historical and cultural situation of medieval England. One perspective is on the view of the narrator of the story, who is known as Little Jack Crow. He is the only character who was born under the year of the story, while the others are all either a generation or two younger.As a result, Jack is born under the phrase 'born in the year of the jackdaw', and yet he actually was born between the years 1797 and 1802. This is because of the invention of calendars, which counted off years in line with 'Jack's' birth.In other words, George Foreman is conceived of during the year of the jackdaw, and yet George was actually conceived several months later. It is in this instance that the origin of the phrase 'born in the year of the jackdaw' is discussed. Since the phrase is applied to Jack before he was born, it only makes sense that he would inherit the phrase, which would be appropriate in the context of his birth.The second perspective in the essay is on a character who is born in the year of the crow, but who is actually born during the winter, when school wa s not in session. She is known as Violet, but her parents named her after the colour of the snow.Watermill is from the year that the Great Fire occurred, and so the three pairs of books in the series are very much set in the years immediately following the incident. Although the Fires are not mentioned in the first two books, they are quite prominent in Watermill's storyline, and the title of the book describes the warmth that is associated with the phrase.As you can see, there is quite a bit of history to cover, when discussing Watermill's development, which helps the writer, and the reviewer, to clearly state his viewpoint on the development of civilization. It is such a simple set up, and yet both viewpoints use it in a unique way. It is this that make the story so powerful and draws the reader in with so much clarity and verve.