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This is the first 1,000 characters of 945 words (3.78 pages) in the essay titled Once and Future King In the book, The Once and Future King, T.H. White shows the importance that educationrelies heavily upon ones own personal experiences. When Merlyn is called on to tutor Wart, an adopted child, he uses this exact learning method on Wart. Merlyn, who is a magician, uses transformation as a his learning tool. Merlyn turns Wart into different animals to show Wart lessons of life. Through each transformation Wart experiences different forms of power, each being a part of how he should rule as king. When Wart experiences each of these different stages of lesson he finds out from Mr. P that mind power is nothing, from the wild goose he learns freedom, and the badger teaches him to accept what you have. When Wart is transformed into a fish Merlyn takes him to go talk to the master of the moat, Mr. P. This is the first transformation that Wart will learn his first lesson in. When Wart approaches Mr. P he already senses a great deal of danger because of his massive size and strength. Wart was so flabbergasted by his enormous structure that he could not think of anything to ask Mr. P. Then Mr. P replies with his view on life, a simple statement, “There is only power. Power is of the individual mind, but the mind’s power is not enough” (52). Mr. P is showing the importance of physical power over the minds with this comment he makes . What Mr. P states astonishes Wart so much that Wart becomes speechless and does not move from where he is p... |
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Keywords: wart, flabbergasted, disillusioned, astonished, once and future king, merlyn, first transformation, personal experiences, t h white, go talk, massive size, adopted child, theories of life, simple statement, wild goose, gills, different stages, moat, magician, badger