First Book of : Once and Future King

After i read the First book, i decided i liked this book much more then the packet that we had to read.
I loved Merlyn's teachings for Arthur, i don't think i really had a favorite, i liked all the times he was turned into an animal.
But the one that i remember the most was when Arthur was turned into an Ant. It wasn't all that joyful for him and thats why it stood out to me. I think it made him realize or what Merlyn may have been trying to teach him was that being certain animals wasn't going to be all that fun and joyful. I mean in that chapter it said that he started feeling like all mindless and used because the other ants were just like eating out of his stomach? (which is a bit gross to me).

Kay seemed to me like a stuck up snob, and in some parts the thoughts of Arthur would be like yes, Kay can be a bit annoying sometimes but hes all around and okay person, but i didn't really much like him. I mean he treated Arthur sometimes like scum, but was nice to him only when he didn't want to do something alone, this kind of bothered me. Plus, how he treated Arthur when he forgot his sword at the inn, and was like go back and get it and i'll give you some money, like he was some kind of servant. I mean i know Arthur was technically "under" him, but he grew up with Arthur, he didn't need to treat him like dirt.
Arthur, or Wart, as they called him, seemed to me like all around good person. I mean i know he wasn't like perfect or anything, and he made many mistakes, but he was lucky he had Merlyn to change him into animals so he could learn about different cultures and different ways of doing things. Arthur seemed to me like a person with never ending curiosity, he was always wondering about things and asking questions and he learned alot through his questions. He also seemed like a person who help someone no matter what, like the time Kay let Cully go off into the forest after he didn't hunt and Kay just took off, while Arthur wanted to find Cully, because the person who raised Cully would be devastated. But Arthur seemed like a person who would do anything for anyone, whether he wanted or not because he knew he had to do it.
I absolutely loved King Pellinore, i don't know why but i did. I loved how everytime we saw him he was so confused and out of his wits, and talked differently from the others. Plus he was so bent on finding the Questing Beast, which we come to find out later was purposely running from him, and it was a sort of a game between the two.
I don't think Arthur cried when he found out he was to be King because he was scared i just think that he was so overwhelmed with it all. I mean think about it, all he wanted was to get a sword for Kay, then he was made to pull the sword out of the stone again and a couple more time. Plus the man he had come to know and love as a father bowed down to him, then his foster brother. He tries and tries to get him to stand and stop calling him Sir or Lord, and he just gets totally overwhelmed. Thats why i think he starts crying, because if something like that happened to me, i would start to sob too.
Over all i really liked T.H. White's writing, he had a lot more detail for almost everything, and i really liked that. I especially liked how on a couple of the chapters, for example i can't remember which chapter but at the beginning it gave us a very detailed description of the castle and all its rooms and stuff.

I really can't wait to keep reading. :)

Le Morte d'Arthur

At first I was a little sceptical to read this because I hadn't at all been interested in reading about King Arthur. Of course, i knew the basic story of King Arthur but i wasn't really a big fan.



So based on what i read about King Arthur, even though Malory the author didn't really go into much detail about giving us what he thought he was really like. I sort of didn't like how Arthur was automatically "destined" to be this almighty knight and king. I mean yeah, i know how Merlin prodicted it and stuff, but just because he was born from Queen Igraine and King Uther? No, that wasn't really cutting it for me. But then when Arthur pulled the sword from the stone I realized that yes, he must be the all destined one. Later though we saw some arrogance in his personality by him marrying Queen Gwynevere even though Merlin told him she was destined to love Sir Lancelot.



Lancelot to me seemed like the better man then Arthur. I mean even though again Malory didn't really give us much detail to who he really was, i thought that Lancelot showed alot of courage by taking the challenges of the other knights. Maybe some would say arrogance because he DID take their challenges and maybe he knew or thought he was going to win. But i say courage because in most of the fights that he was a part of he was saving someone, or rescuing someone from losing their kingdom or from slavery. And then another part of me thought that Lancelot seemed like kid because he didn't want to settle down, he was always looking for "adventure" and was always willing to challenge anyone, anywhere.



I didn't like Modred from the start, I knew he was up to no good and I was right. He was put in charge when King Arthur left for Britian, and then he had letters made and brought to him announcing the "death" of Arthur, so he can take the throne. When King Arthur comes back because he hears of this, Modred is ready for him when they get back. I'm very glad that Modred dies by a spear under his armor by Arthur, but at the same time he gives Arthur a very bad head wound. And Arthur dies a little while after the battle.



Yes, Malorys writing was easy to understand, but I really didn't like it. He gave little to no detail about who the characters were and why they did what they did. I'm the type of person who loves detail, and can't get enough of it, and to be honest i though the packet was a bit boring.