Of Rabbits and Men

The decisions that men make are not easy ones, but instead are the result of the situation and of necessity. Literary figures through the ages have been confronted with situations that require precise decisions to be made, and regardless of their choice, the characters have to live with the consequences of their actions. Hazel of Watership Down is no exception to this applied rule. Hazel’s decision is one made in part by the necessity …showed first 75 words of 560 total…

…showed last 75 words of 560 total…to grow and prosper due to the one decision made by Hazel. It is true that necessity is the mother of all invention and in the case of the rabbits of Watership Down, had it not been for the ingenious idea of Hazel to release the hound, their survival would have been very improbable. Hazel’s decision was one that truly had to have been made even though, at the moment, the outcome looked bleak.