![]() ![]() This moment effectively characterizes Kay as petulant and obnoxious. "What does it matter what Hob says? He is my servant.” Kay and Wart, p. ![]() "It's my hawk, not Hob's," exclaimed Kay furiously. "Oh, we couldn't leave him," cried the Wart. Where the pike is a cruel and selfish ruler, Wart will learn to take a different approach, in part from this encounter.Ī good while after that, when they had been whistling and luring and following the disturbed and sulky hawk from tree to tree, Kay lost his temper. It is a markedly important moment in the narrative as it shows Wart learning the dangers of violence and self-justification. He justifies his own cruelty and brutality by saying that the fact of it (his might) is what makes him the leader. ![]() He makes this statement about "might" being equivalent to "right" as a means of circularly asserting his dominance over the waters. This conversation occurs after Merlyn turns Wart into a perch and he encounters the Great Pike, a large fish that rules over the moat. The power of strength decides everything in the end, and only Might is right.” The Great Pike, p. “Power is of the individual mind, but the mind's power alone is not enough. ![]()
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