Term Papers on The Government Of Watership Down

Term Paper Title	The Government Of Watership Down
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The Government of Watership Down

Lord William Beveridge, a British economist, once said, “The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man.”  This philosophy relates not only to human governments but also to rabbit governments.  Two governments in the novel, Watership Down , by Richard Adams either agreed or disagreed with this theory.  General Woundwort’s  government in Efrafa disagreed with this theory.  Hazel’s government in Watership Down agreed with this theory.  The government of Watership Down is better than that of Efrafa because they adopted and implemented Beveridge’s theory .
The system of government for the rabbits of Efrafa is a military dictatorship.  Their military dictatorship is led by General Woundwort.  General Woundwort came to power by invading the warren and demanding they accept him as their leader.  He killed the old chief rabbit.  He then moved the warren.  General Woundwort set up a society where everyone’s purpose is to be a strong military warrior (join Owsla).  This is because only the military gets privileges.  Under Woundwort is the council..  This is made up of rabbits who are strong and cunning.  The council doesn’t have any direct power, they mainly serve as advisors to Woundwort.  The common rabbit live in different Marks.  Each Mark is led by an officer.
The military dictatorship at Efrafa does not have many advantages but their are a few.  One advantage present at Efrafa is that the warren is very safe.  One way that it is safe is that all of the holes at Efrafa are hidden.  A second way that Efrafa is safe is that there are wide patrols which can quickly inform the general if their is trouble.  These wide patrols enable Efrafa to know what is going on around them.  One example of this is when they find out the location of  Hazel’s warren.  They find this because Campion and his wide patrol find Hazel and his friends and follow him home.  A third way that Efrafa is safe is that they do not let anyone find out about the warren.  They do this in part by not letting people leave the warren.  They show this by not letting  Holly, Silver, Strawberry, Buckthorn, Thethuthinnang, Hyzenthlay, and Blackavar.  Another way in which Efrafa is safe is that they have a very strong military.  The military of Efrafa is led by General Woundwort.  General Woundwort is the best fighting rabbit.  He has fought and killed many elil, including a cat, a crow, and a dog.  General Woundwort also has a good mind when it comes to military strategy.  One example occurs when Bigwig and the does are running away from Efrafa.  Kehaar attacks Bigwig and his rabbits in the open field.  General Woundwort quickly calls together his soldiers and directs them to a ditch.  This is for protection against the bird.  They then use this ditch to get down to the water meadow.  He then set up an ambush.  Regarding safety, Hyzenthlay comments, “…rabbits in Efrafa were as safe as stars in the sky,” and “Most rabbits here die of old age..”  Another advantage of Efrafa’s government is that it is very efficient.  Whatever General Woundwort says is done.  One example of complete obedience to General Woudwort occurs when the rabbits are setting up their plan.  When Woundwort tells the rabbits what to do they do it.  Especially Campion who follows Woundwort’s dangerous orders to cut the rabbit off, “without error or delay.”
The military dictatorship has many weaknesses.  One disadvantage is the rabbits in the warren are not happy.  Proof of this is that many rabbits of the rabbits are willing to escape.  One example of the rabbits wanting to escape occurs when Holly searches for rabbits.  When Holly is looking for rabbits to join him in leaving Efrafa he has no trouble finding volunteers.  In addition, when Bigwig is looking for rabbits to leave the warren with him, he also effortlessly finds does who are willing.  A second disadvantage of Efrafa’s government is that they suffer from overpopulation.  This causes problems because the does become infer...

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