Quote analysis project
“After all, damn it all, we can’t have the boys runnin’ about all day like hooligans—after all, damn it all? Ought to be havin’ a first-rate eddication, at their age. When I was their age I was doin’ all this Latin and stuff at five o’clock every mornin’. Happiest time of me life. Pass the port.” These are the words of Sir Ector, Kay’s father. He said that to Sir Grummore Grummursum, as they were discussing sending the boys to go hawking. He said it was not safe to have the boy, Kay and Wart, to go hawking the whole day. They had just got rid of the governess, and they were discussing how they used to be bladed when they did the wrong thing. Sir Ector explained that when he was the age of the boys, he used to be doing the job as early as five o’clock, He wondered why the boys were learning at a slow rate, saying that they ought to be having a first-rate education at that age.
“Oh, not so bad. Rattlin’ good day, in fact. Found a chap called Sir Bruce Saunce Pité choppin’ off a maiden’s head in Weedon Bushes, ran him to Mixbury Plantation in the Bicester, where he doubled back, and lost him in Wicken Wood. Must have been a good twenty-five miles as he ran.”Sir Grummore said the words. He was explaining how he was swished every morning when he was a young boy. He was punished because he used to go hawking instead of learning. He was staying the night as he had had a long run. He said that as he passed a port to Sir Ector, as he attributed to his weaknesses as a young boy, saying that he never got beyond the Future Simple of Utor. He explained how he found a chap in the forest, whose name was Sir Bruce. He ran after him in the plantation, where he lost him. He said that to show what they used to go through during their youth age.
“that takes a deal of thinkin’ about, if you don’t mind my sayin’ so.” They are the words of Sir Grummore. He said this to sir Ector, who had asked him how he would advise the boys about going hawking and learning. They were helping themselves with a port of wine. He explained that advising the boys on learning Latin needed a lot of thinking as they were used to hunting than learning. He was stressed on how the boys used to run around, comparing them with hooligans. He laid his finger by his nose, and as he winked his nose, he said the words.
“I think the way was behind that big spruce with the spike top. I ought to try to remember which side of me the sun is setting, so that when it rises, I may keep it on the same side going home. Did something move under that spruce tree, I wonder? Oh, I wish I may not meet that old wild Wat and have my nose bitten off! How aggravating Cully looks, standing there on one leg as if there was nothing the matter.” The Wart said these words in the forest. They had gone hawking with Kay, and they were tracing a Hawk they had lost in the forest. Kay became tired of following the Hawk and decided to go back. Wart was trying to trace his way inside the thick forest. He said those words in the process of trying to remember the way. He even could not remember which side the sun was setting, as he wanted to use it to find his way back home. He heard a movement in the spruce tree and wondered what had moved. He also wondered how Cully looked like as he stands on one leg.
“If I were to be made a knight,I should insist on doing my vigil by myself, as Hob does with his hawks, and I should pray to God to let me encounter all the evil in the world in my own person, so that if I conquered there would be none left, and, if I were defeated, I would be the one to suffer for it.” The Wart made the quote as he wondered whether he could be granted the title of knighthood. He explained to Merlyn how he would be doing his vigil by himself, comparing with Hob and his hawks. He was staring at the burning fire dreamily and prayed to God to let him encounter all evils of the world by his person. He was amused by the way he could conger the evils alone during his youthhood so that he could not suffer when he became old. The quote teaches us how to do our things alone. Its advice on not letting others suffer as a result of our actions. Some people’s vigils are made to hurt others, and they inflict a lot of pain. We should avoid some deeds that can interfere with the normal life of another person. That is all that the author wanted us to learn.
“There is a thing called knowledge of the world, which people do not have until they are middle-aged. It is something which cannot be taught to younger people, because it is not logical and does not obey laws which are constant. It has no rules. Only, in the long years which bring women to the middle of life, a sense of balance develops…when she is beginning to hate her used body, she suddenly finds that she can do it. She can go on living…” this was quoted by Merlyn in the process of teaching the Wart. He elaborated that it is not until you are middle-aged when you acquire knowledge. He meant that that older adults are usually knowledgeable than young people. The Wart wondered why older people don’t think the same way as the young. Then Merlyn was amazed by the questions raised by the young Wart. He answered that the Wart should wait until he grows old so that he could know the reason behind the difference in thinking. The author used the quote to educate women not to misuse themselves when during their young age. He detailed how women begin to hate their used bodies during the middle of their lives. It is all about knowing which is associated with older people.
“Serve him right, then. He is a fool and it is a rotten hawk. Who wants a rotten stupid hawk? You had better stay yourself, if you are so keen on it. I am going home.” Kay said the words to the Wart. They had been in the bush following the Hawk. They had been whistling and luring, as they attempted to reach the disturbed and sulky Hawk which was jumping from tree to tree. The Hawk belonged to Hob, and they wanted to trace it and bring it back home. Kay had been exhausted by the long run and chase, he lost his tempers and decided to leave the Hawk. He described the Hawk as not useful. He told the Wart to continue following it if he needed it most and then took the wrong direction home. Kay was not keen on hawking like his friend the Wart. That is the reason as to why he lost his tempers and decided to leave Wart to trace the bird alone.