You bring up a very good point. I appreciate the insight.CaitlinGonya wrote: ↑10 Dec 2017, 18:22 I think it's crazy but it's also a different world that they are trying to survive in. There are many countries in our world where children experience horrors even earlier in life (i.e. children soldiers). J.K. Rowling also wrote Harry Potter as a parallel to the Holocaust. History has taught us horrors, some writers give readers the ability to empathize to those horrors.
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I was concerned about how young the mages were taking on the challenges at first. It is mentioned that there are hardly ever any that attempt the challenge Leaf chose to become Brimstone. Becoming a Battle Mage at that age and facing those challenges would be hard but I do feel that they are able to develop and learn better than adults would be as you mentioned to best fit their part.Christina Rose wrote: ↑01 Dec 2017, 19:26 The young battle mages are among our heroes in End of the Last Great Kingdom. Even before war struck, the training these young students went through sometimes resulted in death. How do you feel about the author using such young characters for these roles, and about the things they go through even while still in school?
My feelings are a bit mixed. For example, Brimstone could have died during his trial, and I think that’s a challenge a 13 year old shouldn’t endure. However, there’s no sensible way to test the strengths of the future mages or to train them once they become mages. I also think their overall development is essential to the novel. They need to be able to grow, and adults set in their ways wouldn’t be right for the part. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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The characters ages didn't bother me when the book was describing the trials and the violence in the rest of their adventures.
However, it did bother me when Heat and Brimstone got engaged. My first thought was, aren't they too young for that???
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