Реферат: Once And Future King By White Essay

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Experience is Everything In the book, The Once and Future King, T.H. White shows

the importance that education relies 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 positioned. As

Mr. P teaches his theories of life he becomes very agitated with Wart and

Pronounces, ?I think you ought to go away really almost at once in case my

disillusioned mouth should suddenly determine to introduce you to my gills,

which have teeth too? (52). As Wart is listening to Mr. P say this he is

stunned by the words he is saying to him. Wart is astonished that Mr. P is

thinking about eating him. At this instance Wart has enough time to turn around

and swim away just in the nick-of-time to escape from Mr. P. Another one of

Wart?s transformation places him in a flock of geese. These geese are a peace

loving race that never kill. Wart learns all about being a geese from other

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