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Watership Down is excellent children’s fiction, written by
Richard Adams and published by Puffin
Books. The book is an excellent children’s book which I thoroughly
enjoyed reading for the second time. A classic to be found at any
children’s books online store. Now that I have just finished the book I am
not at all surprised that this book was ranked the 42nd greatest book in a
survey of the British Public by the Big Read in 2003.
The book starts with a premonition by one of the rabbits
that their warren will be destroyed and so the five rabbits decide to
abandon their home. This is the beginning of their epic travels across the
country and their close scrapes in the search for a new home.
There has been quite rightly criticism for the role that
female rabbits play in the book. The females do not have anywhere near an
equal role to the male rabbits. The only role that the females bring is
to allow for reproduction to take place. If there is reproduction then the
longevity of the Watership down warren is then assured.
The book certainly has green credentials, through the rabbit
world that the reader is taken into. I do not think there is any doubt in
this. The only question is how green is the book? Is the book all
green or almost green? Finally, I come down on the side of almost green despite
the destruction of the rabbits their environment and warrens.
