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Leadership Themes In John Steinbeck's 'Watership Down'

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Even though there are many themes in Watership Down, the three that really stood out were Leadership, Home and Nature. Hazel has a big part in the leadership part of Watership down by taking control. The characters in the book all make their friends feel like they’re at home. The book takes place in nature and everything happens outside. The first theme is leadership. Hazel has the biggest part of leadership in the book. Hazel is a leader because he takes charge and listens to others ideas before making a decision. Hazel and the Threarah are very different by Hazel actually listens and Threarah doesn’t listen to others ideas. Hazel is always caring too. For example, he asks Fiver “where are you going?” and Fiver replies “to the hills” but

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