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Acorn's Death; Did you find it sad?
Topic Started: Jan 16 2005, 06:21 PM (459 Views)
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I thought it was sad, but so rarely in the either book that it didn't make much difference. But I thought that there should have been a scene where they sort of expriated his memory- like when Holly talked of the destruction of the warren, they all felt communal sorrow. I think they should have had a scene where they told stories about him or something...

Just wanted to see what everyone else thought.
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Acorn's death was sudden....I think it took maybe two sentences to write. :blink: Like you said, not that it really mattered...Acorn wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed by far. Actually the whole book seemed to be lacking in detail.
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Well there certainly wasn't much to tell about him, he was just there for the ride. I'm quite sure Richard Adams thought of him as the ideal rabbit to die since he was so unimportant. Still, I kind of liked Acorn overall... mabye they should have given him a sort of memorial service.
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I don't think rabbits had any real memorial services. They sure didn't seem to mourn the death of Acorn any more than that of Bigwig in the books...they "stopped running" all the same. I wonder if they just leave the bodies where they are or do they try and move them somewhere else since the decay would scare anyone off. :lol:
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That's interesting... I wonder if, having died in a burrow, they simply all vacated the burrow and let nature takes its course over the next few weeks. But that would pose a lot of health problems, and elil problems as well- scavengers and such.
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Exactly....we never do discover what they do with the dead bodies. ;) Maybe they've discovered the art of cremation. :P
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I could picture that..."Well, Hazel bit the big one. Haul the stiff out back!"

Sounds Mafia-like.
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Perhaps they would seal up the burrow with the corpse inside. That would serve the burying purpose, and if the dirt was packed into the holes, would prevent any scents or any of the decomposition from leaking out.

Perhaps then they could dig a new burrow somewhere else, to replace the 'burial chamber'.

There IS a kind of memorial service, in a way, mentioned in Watership Down. When all the rabbits together say "My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today." Perhaps, after saying that, the body becomes just another object in the environment.

Just my 2 cents. :)
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what story was this in?
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Marli was talking of the original book, and that was when Bigwig had been snared and presumed dead. It's clear they have the proverbs and sayings, but no signs of burial....they're dead...let the thousand feed on the bodies. Just seems like an easy answer.
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I've had quite a bit of experience with animals and usually ones like rabbits (non-meat eaters) after they have checked the dead animal out they just try to avoid it as much as they can, it makes them nervous. So most likely they would just either fill in the burrow where the dead rabbit was or else leave and dig a burrow somewhere else. Of course this is being really realistic, the Watership down rabbits might do it differently. ;)
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Off topic: Bunny Wolf I just noticed your new avatar and love it!
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