The novel opens and closes with scenes perceived by Windrider, a vulture with a bird’s eye view of the African savannah who senses an omen in “a tiny cub, with a roar to make the sky shudder” (5) and who reads the wind currents to detect dangerous change.Īnother character with the ability to sense foreboding is the young elephant Sky, who receives glimpses of the future from the bones of the dead.
The adventures of Fearless and the question of whether he will fulfill his vow are not the only plot threads, however. Until he is exiled by another ruthless and self-important leader, Fearless identifies as a Baboon-Lion, confused by his place and belonging. After being rescued from an eagle nest by the troop, Fearless becomes the troop’s protector.
He also forms alliances with unlikely friends, baboons named Thorn, Mud, and Stinger from Brightforest Troop. Like Simba, Fearless vows to defeat Titan and to take back his father’s pride. Hunter’s novel follows the adventures of the young lion Fearless, who has been exiled from his pride by the ambitious and evil Titan, who kills Fearless’ father, Gallant, and enslaves his mother, Swift, and his sister, Valor. Although Hunter recycles plot elements from the Disney film Lion King, she reshapes the story with new connections and perspectives, adding threads to develop her themes. The novel offers significant lessons for human society about identity, change, excessive ambition, and the value of believing in a higher power or of adhering to a Code, such as “You may kill only to survive” (18).
BRAVELAND BOOK 1 SERIES
Bravelands: Broken Pride is the first book in a beast fable series by Erin Hunter.
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