Thomas Malory’s depiction of Merlin in Le Morte d’Arthur was that of a cold, distinguished sage, providing counsel to Arthur that, at times, appears morally difficult to follow. An example was in his counselling Arthur to send away newborn baby boys adrift at sea to risk perishing.T. H. White’s depiction of Merlyn in The One and Future King shows him as a bumbling wise man who lives backwards through time and eventually becomes younger. This opened the character to have more human traits, making him more relatable to readers.
its an allegorical novella in which each character represents someone involved in the russian revolution. e.g: one of the animals (napoleon) represents joseph stalin. some characters represent whole things, such as the crow representing propaganda. events in the novella also represent things that happened irl, such as one of the battles in the novella representing the war between the red and white army in the ussr
