Who's the Colonist Anyway?
“Andrecians. Peasants — woodsmen, maybe — on foot, and unarmed. They look harmless.” (29)
Evrek
Who is striving for power?
Elana
The Oath
Father
The Imperials
The Light
Unnecessary to introduce an otherworldly object if the intention was to leave them behind with the knowledge that there is something else out there that they can't be a part of.
“There are times when we may, literally, save a world — save it’s people, I mean, from slavery or from extinction…we do try to save Youngling people from each other, when we can," Elana said.
Beginning of the book
On the star ship
“The Andrecians themselves haven't a chance to repulse them, not with spears and arrows and swords against what the Imperials have.” (37)
Elana
Who is striving for trust and/or faith?
Georyn
Father
The Cups
Necessary to give them hope and make them realize that this sort of magic is possible in their world
“I cannot fathom her full purpose, but I know that there was more to it than a test of our loyalty to her. Somehow, I had the feeling that she did not enjoy all of what she did. I—I pitied her, in a way," said Georyn
After completing the second task
The Starwatcher's camp
“Of course they were inferior, technologically; but as individuals, were they any different from anyone else? Hadn’t they the same feelings, maybe even the same kind of intelligence? (116).
Jarel
Who is striving to save the planet?
Elana
Georyn
The Stone
Effective at making Georyn believe in his own abilities
"Then her eyes met Georyn's and there wa fleeting elation in them. 'We have much in common, you and I,' she whispered."
After he gets the Stone
The Enchantress's hut
“Am I made of stone that I should see such things and shed no tears for them? You do me injustice, Georyn, if you think my heart less than human!” (135)
Elana
Who is striving for wisdom?
Georyn
Elana
The Disk/the communicator
Unnecessary to introduce such high technology when they knew they would be leaving the boys behind
“I was told often that the world of your people was different from my own, but that it should be like this! It is unbearable, Georyn!” said Elana
After visiting the village
Outside the sick mother’s hut
“Poor little native girl. You don’t know anything at all about such things. And who’s to say that we’re really ahead of you? Maybe we’d be better off if we’d never lost our innocence.” (228)
Jarel
Who is striving for love?
Georyn
Evrek
Elana
The Dragon
Effective at motivating the Andrecians to fight back
"Without this love I could have done nothing, and the Dragon would have overcome the world even as you said. And were that not so, still I would not choose to reject what has been for the sake of the sorrow to come." Georyn
Right before Elana leaves
In the woods
Who is the wisest character in this novel and why?
Give your best argument!