Richard Adams Essay Examples

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Literary Techniques and Personification in Watership Down by Richard Adams (356 words, 1 pages)

Watership Down as Good Literature Watership Down, by Richard Adams, is considered good literature because of the literary techniques and because of the plot. Several literary techniques are used to pull the reader in and the plot is a well constructed to hold their attention. Watership Down's plot is an ... Read More

A Review of the Book Watership down by Richard Adams (1042 words, 4 pages)

Mark Twain once said that Courage is the resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Watership Down written by Richard Adams, takes place in an English country side. This is a tale about rabbits that encounter dangers, create enemies, and decide to follow sagacious plans to find ... Read More

An Analysis of Anti-Segregation Issue in Watership Down by Richard Adams (1089 words, 2 pages)

WATERSHIP DOWNHAZEL-CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERThere are many intriguing and fascinating lessons and thoughts that can be extracted from Richard Adamss Watership Down when inspected under a magnifying glass. From those many issues, the one that is the most influential to ourselves is the issue regarding anti-segregation, portrayed ingeniously by Richard Adams ... Read More

A Biography of Richard Adams, Through the Eyes of an Animal (5019 words, 8 pages)

RICHARD ADAMSTHROUGH THE EYES OF ANANIMALRichard Adams was born in Newbury, England in May of 1920. He was the youngest of three children, a sister, Katherine, and a brother, John. (Richard had had another brother but he died at the age of three from influenza.) Richard was his father's favorite. ... Read More

An Analysis of Watership Down by Richard Adams (748 words, 2 pages)

AUTHOR Watership Down was written by Richard Adams, who was born May 9, 1920, in Berkshire, England. He won two awards for this novel. He is still living.CHARACTERSHazel became the leader of the rabbits once they left their original warren. He was a very smart and tricky rabbit who won ... Read More

A Comparison of the Extract from Watership Down by Richard Adams and the Article, From Hutch to House Pets A Rabbit is the Perfect Companion, Even Inside the Home by Susan Clark (973 words, 2 pages)

Not every author has the same opinion on certain creatures' status as living things. The extract from "Watership Down" by Richard Adams and the article "From Hutch to House Pets A Rabbit is the Perfect Companion, Even Inside the Home" by Susan Clark are written from a different format of ... Read More

The Life and Literary Career of Richard Adams (5019 words, 8 pages)

RICHARD ADAMSTHROUGH THE EYES OF ANANIMALRichard Adams was born in Newbury, England in May of 1920. He was the youngest of three children, a sister, Katherine, and a brother, John. (Richard had had another brother but he died at the age of three from influenza.) Richard was his father's favorite. ... Read More

An Analysis of Romantic Ideas in the Allegory Watership Down by Richard Adams (980 words, 2 pages)

Romantic Ideas in the Allegory Watership DownThe novel Watership Down by Richard Adams, like Edmund Spencers The Faerie Queene, is an allegory. Watership Down also embodies many romantic ideas. Fiver, a rabbit who sees visions from Frith, represents the turn toward imagination that occurred in the Romantic period. The rabbits ... Read More

A Comparison of Allegories in the Novel, Watership Down by Richard Adams and The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spencer (973 words, 4 pages)

The novel Watership Down by Richard Adams, like Edmund Spencers The FaerieQueene, is an allegory. Watership Down also embodies many romantic ideas. Fiver,a rabbit who sees visions from Frith, represents the turn toward imaginationthat occurred in the Romantic period. The rabbits in the novel also valuefreedom and rebellion against tyranny, ... Read More

The Life and Literary Works of Richard Adams (5011 words, 18 pages)

Richard Adams was born in Newbury, England in May of 1920. He was the youngestof three children, a sister, Katherine, and a brother, John. (Richard had hadanother brother but he died at the age of three from influenza.) Richard was hisfather's favorite. George Adams (his dad), spent most of his ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Watership down by Richard Adams (747 words, 3 pages)

Watership Down was written by Richard Adams, who was born May 9, 1920, inBerkshire, England. He won two awards for this novel. He is still living.CHARACTERS Hazel became the leader of the rabbits once they left their originalwarren. He was a very smart and tricky rabbit who won the respect ... Read More

An Overview of Richard Adams’ Book Watership Down (711 words, 2 pages)

Richard Adams' book was a favorite of mine growing up, probably because it had all the magic and excitement of the best fairy tales, but it also portrayed the natural world well naturally. I believed in the rabbits and the crazy seagull that helped them, and I learned to appreciate ... Read More

Adventure and Sorrow in Watership down by Richard Adams (1022 words, 3 pages)

Watership DownWatership Down, by Richard Adams, is a tale of adventure and sorrow through the eyes of rabbits as they seek their own place in the animal world. The Sandleford warren rabbits used their natural instinct and fled the intrusion of man and destruction. This decision takes them through the ... Read More

An Analysis of Literary Techniques in Watership down by Richard Adams (356 words, 1 pages)

Watership Down as Good LiteratureWatership Down, by Richard Adams, is considered good literature because of the literary techniques and because of the plot. Several literary techniques are used to pull the reader in and the plot is a well constructed to hold their attention.Watership Down's plot is an interesting story ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Characters in Richard Adams’ Watership Down (645 words, 1 pages)

Throughout Richard Adams book Watership Down, the rabbits of Watership Down encounter two other warrens. Hazel and his followers are able to strengthen their small warren by borrowing ideas from Cowslip s warren and Efrafa. From Cowslip s warren, Watership Down copies an architectural design and also realizes the importance ... Read More

Account of the Life and Writings of Richard Adams (628 words, 2 pages)

Richard Adams Writings Richard Adams was born in Newbury, England in May of 1920. He was the youngestof three children, a sister, Katherine, and a brother, John. (Richard had hadanother brother but he died at the age of three from influenza.) Richard was hisfather's favorite. George Adams (his dad), spent ... Read More

A Review of Richard Adams “Watership Down” (747 words, 2 pages)

Watership Down Watership Down was written by Richard Adams, who was born May 9, 1920, inBerkshire, England. He won two awards for this novel. He is still living.CHARACTERS Hazel became the leader of the rabbits once they left their originalwarren. He was a very smart and tricky rabbit who won ... Read More

An Introduction to the Story by Richard Adams (627 words, 1 pages)

In this story, Richard Adams creates an interesting part of the story when eleven rabbits unite to form a group and flee from their warren, in hopes of avoiding a great tragedy. These rabbits leave their warren without knowledge of why they need to leave their homes. The one thing ... Read More

An Analysis of the Use of Literary Techniques in the Watership down by Richard Adams (356 words, 1 pages)

Watership Down as Good LiteratureWatership Down, by Richard Adams, is considered good literature because of the literary techniques and because of the plot. Several literary techniques are used to pull the reader in and the plot is a well constructed to hold their attention.Watership Down's plot is an interesting story ... Read More

Romantic Ideas in the Novel, Watership Down by Richard Adams (990 words, 2 pages)

Romantic Ideas in the Allegory Watership DownThe novel Watership Down by Richard Adams, like Edmund Spencers The Faerie Queene, is an allegory. Watership Down also embodies many romantic ideas. Fiver, a rabbit who sees visions from Frith, represents the turn toward imagination that occurred in the Romantic period. The rabbits ... Read More

A Glimpse at the Life and Literary Works of Richard Adams (5067 words, 9 pages)

Richard Adams was born in Newbury, England in May of 1920. He was the youngest of three children, a sister, Katherine, and a brother, John. (Richard had had another brother but he died at the age of three from influenza.) Richard was his father's favorite. George Adams (his dad), spent ... Read More

A Plot Summary of Richard Adams’ “Watership Down” (743 words, 2 pages)

AUTHORWatership Down was written by Richard Adams, who was born May 9, 1920, in Berkshire, England. He won two awards for this novel. He is still living.Hazel became the leader of the rabbits once they left their original warren. He was a very smart and tricky rabbit who won the ... Read More

A Biography of Richard Adams, an English Writer (5087 words, 8 pages)

RICHARD ADAMS THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ANIMAL Richard Adams was born in Newbury, England in May of 1920. He was the youngest of three children, a sister, Katherine, and a brother, John. (Richard had had another brother but he died at the age of three from influenza.) Richard was ... Read More

An Analysis of the Themes in the Novel Watership Down by Richard Adams (808 words, 2 pages)

Watership Down, a novel by Richard Adams has a theme centered on determination, courage, persistence, ingenuity and the positive consequences for such qualities in one's endeavors. There are many instances in the novel which support this, some of which will be mentioned. From the escapade from Sandleford warren to the ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Watership Down by Richard Adams (662 words, 1 pages)

The novel Watership Down by Richard Adams was originally created for the author's children on a car trip to Stratford. The story is not merely a fictional adventure created for children though. It has many aspects that reflect the modern world, history, new ideas, and human characteristics. These concepts and ... Read More

A Biography of Richard Adams, an English Writer (506 words, 1 pages)

Richard Adams was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England, in 1920. He served in the British Army from 1940 through 1946, during World War II. In 1948 Adams received a mater's degree from Worcester College at Oxford University. He worked as a civil servant from 1948 to 1974, and since 1974 ... Read More

An Analysis of a Touching Story of Rabbits in Watership Down by Richard Adams (1008 words, 2 pages)

Watership Down Watership Down, by Richard Adams, is a tale of adventure and sorrow through the eyes of rabbits as they seek their own place in the animal world. The Sandleford warren rabbits used their natural instinct and fled the intrusion of man and destruction. This decision takes them through ... Read More

An Ananalysis of the Theme of Responsibility in Watership Down by Richard Adams (904 words, 2 pages)

Liberty Means Responsibility Liberty means responsibility, said George Bernard Shaw, explaining that it takes a responsible person to bring themselves or a group to freedom. Hazel of Watership Down led a whole group of rabbits away from danger and into freedom. Ms. Elizabeth Cady Stanton felt she had to take ... Read More

A Reflection of Modern Society in Watership down by Richard Adams (1097 words, 2 pages)

Watership Down, written by Richard Adams, was originally a story created for the author's children during a trip to Straford, which was later on expanded in to a novel. Under the fictional category, this novel does indeed contain many reflections of the modern society, human characteristics and also history. The ... Read More

A Summary of the Novel, Watership Down by Richard Adams (626 words, 1 pages)

Watership Down In this story, Richard Adams creates an interesting part of the story when eleven rabbits unite to form a group and flee from their warren, in hopes of avoiding a great tragedy. These rabbits leave their warren without knowledge of why they need to leave their homes. The ... Read More