Roar

4 Pages 995 Words

White, T. H. The Once And Future King. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York.
1958.


The main character in the novel is Wart. He lives with his foster
brother Kay at Sir Ector’s castle in a Forest. Kay and Wart are really good
friends and they go on a lot of adventures in the woods. One day Wart is out
in the woods and he finds Merlyn. Wart takes Merlyn back to Sir Ector’s
castle. Merlyn is a magician and he becomes Wart’s tutor. Merlyn turns
Wart into many different animals ,such as a fish, an ant, and a badger, and
sends him on many adventures. Merlyn teaches Wart many lessons.

One day the castle receives a letter that says that the King of England
had died and since he had no kin it was going to be a hard task to find a new
King of England. A sword stuck in an anvil appeared in front of the church in
London and on the anvil were inscribed the words “Whoso Pulleth Out This
Sword of this Stone and Anvil, is Rightwise King Born of All England” (201).
There was a tournament held in London and all were invited to come and the
one who pulled the sword out would be the new King of England. Wart and
Kay went along with Sir Ector to London. In addition to having people try to
pull out the sword they have activities like jousting. While in London, Kay
joins in on the jousting but he left his sword in the house they were staying in
so Wart went back to the house but it was locked and as he walked back he
saw the sword in the anvil. He decided to borrow the sword, and he went
over to it and pulled it out. When he told Kay where he got the sword Kay
announced that Wart was the new King of England, but Merlyn changes his
name to Arthur and from then on he was King Arthur.

Lancelot is a knight for King Arthur. He is a very good knight but his
main downfall is that he is very ugly. Lancelot goes through many problems
but his biggest problem is that he falls in love with Arthur’s wif...