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Watership Down Themes

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In the book Watership Down by Richard Adams, the predominant themes of home, leadership and nature appear throughout the novel. Although there are many more themes, home, leadership and nature reflect today’s society and current issues that parallel the novel’s. In Richard Adams’ novel Watership Down, the themes of nature, leadership, and home reappear through the selection of characters as well as setting to express the importance of these qualities in everyday life. To begin, the reader is immediately introduced to the importance of nature. The book begins with the quote “The primroses were over. Toward the edge of the wood, where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond, only a few fading patches

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