Outside Reading # 4

"On the contrary, there was a curious, rather gentleness about the way in which he waited for them to come nearer." (76) When Hazel and the rabbits come to the fields, there are rabbits there. They act differently then they do. They act more confident, and less twitchy. Their behavior created curiosity between the rabbits. I think this shows how differently we act depending on how we are raised and the culture and environment you are in. The rabbits at the new warren were scared of many enemies and were very cautious. These rabbits act more casual and relaxed, while they are bigger and look a little different too. Just like people. Richard Adams is trying to show us how people react to things, in a different point of view like rabbits.

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Outside Reading # 3

"Hopelessness and reluctance are blown away like a fog and the dumb solitude where they crept, a place desolate as a crack in the ground, opens like a rose and stretches to the hills and the sky." (72) Finally after a long journey, filled with misery, stress and fear, after all the hopelessness of ever finding this "place" fiver dreams of, the rabbits rejoice. They have found somewhere to start. Suddenly they are hopeful for change, as they see their dreams become reality right before their eyes. They are more motivated now, after approaching these new fields. They feel safer here than in the open forest with no holes or anything to hide in away from their elil. Reassurance is something everyone needs, to help keep them motivated and keep them on their journey, because they still a while to go.

Outside Reading # 2

The journey the rabbits are taking is adventurous, long, and brave. They don't know where they are going. They don't know when they're there, or if they're going anywhere. All they know is they're following instinct. What rabbits do best. After long journeys, and many dangerous encounters with elil (enemies), they begin to wonder if all this is worth the risk. Many of the rabbits get angry, believing all these long days are for nothing, wondering where they are even going. Hazel encourages them to continue. Not to give up yet, they're almost there. Many times people want to give up, or quit. Hazel really helped encourage the rabbits to continue on, and not to give up. It would all be worth it in the end.

Prefix Story

There once was an octopus named Octy. Octy was the eighth octopus of her mother's octuplets, born eight years ago, in October. Octy loved to sing. Everyday she rode her octocycle to choir practice. Today she was going to preform in her octet. She was very nervous. While they were singing on stage, they were suppose to form an octagon. She was scared she was going to trip. The other octopuses in the octet reassured her that she wouldn't trip. During the performance the octet successfully formed an octagon, eight times! After, all the other octopuses congratulated them and got eight high fives from all the octopuses.

Spontaneous Word Poem

Down marches rain,
On a tart hamster,
who burries his leaf in the dirt.

The sun comes out,
The moon stomps away,
Screaming in terror and fright.

The cow doesn't jump,
Over the Sun,
He laughs and falls to his knees.

Outside Reading #1

"With Fiver beside him, he led the way out of the ditch and down the slope. In less than a minute the little band of rabbits had disappeared into the dim, moonlit night." (Adams 36). This quote leads off on the journey of the rabbits as they leave their home for a long and enduring journey. The rabbits in this novel do a lot of adjusting. A rabbit in its lifetime usually never leaves the warren. And neither did its grandparents or great-grandparents. These rabbits have the courage to follow an instinct, and leave. They discover that home isn't a place, its a feeling, and its just being with your family. "The Threarah waited politely for a few moments and then he said 'Well, now, and what ought we to do about it, I wonder?' 'Go away. All of us. Now. Threarah,sir, we must all go away.'" (Adams 26). Here is an example of someone who knows something bad is coming and tries to warn everyone. They try to evacuate the whole warren but that could never work. I think Adams is using rabbits as the characters to show that even creatures have instincts like us. What happens in our world are affected by our human instincts. And this book would be a lot less interesting if it was about humans.

Poems

So much depends
upon a small chocolate egg
in a crisp gold foil
sweet smell fills the air
peanut butter surprise

So much of spring depends
upon the pounding of the sun
the wind blowing through the leafless trees
flowers blooming
a crisp new beginning