Chapter four phrase: I will append the observation only, from the horror-benumbed apprehension of a boy shorn at one blow of mother and father, family, clan, tribe and city, that this was the first time my eyes had beheld those sights which experiences teaches are common to all battles and all slaughters
Response: This just reminded me of the fact that even though he was born a Spartan and admitted into thier ranks at birth, this makes me think he is experincing some of the mental and spiritual conditining that the rest of the spartans have to go through. Even though the training is a little different I personally think that this is not the same thing but again I feel this is kind of the gist of it.
Chapter 5 phrase: I had made myself an infantryman's spear, stout ash and fire hardened, no longer a boy's toy but a weapon meant to kill. Visions of revenge fed my heart. I would live among the spartans. I would slay Argives one day.
Response: Just like I have stated in the previous response he can almost feel himself reverting to primal instinct. When having to live out in the wild (just like the spartans) the only thing he can think of at that moment is the thought of vengance. This at the same time brought up the question of "How long has it been since his home was razed?" and somthing earlier in the chapter which might seem irrelevant but what does "agrotera" mean?
Chapter 6 phrase: I blinked and tried with all my failing power to focus .(irrelevant entry for about a paragrph). His eyes met mine with a gentle, amused kindness. " I have always found the spear to be," he spoke with a quiet majesty that could be nothing other than the voice of a god "a rather inelegant weapon"
Response: The part I wanted to respond too was about a page long and I will try to make due without it.
Text like this part always sparks my interest. When he knows he can't use a spear it basically crushes his dream of ever being in a spartan phalanx. But during this supposed dream he has a dream in which he is told to use a bow. I have read this part before so there is not much to say
but it always catches my attention.
The question this brought up was:
I know this is Historical fiction but what could make you see like that besides a dream?
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