my castle drawing————————^

I am proud of my castle drawing. I had to start over, but when I finished I think that I did really well. I listed a lot of important parts of a castle.

My Parzival Essay was challenging because I had to do it without talking to a teacher. I stayed up late one night to finish it, but it came through. I worked at my grandparents house and I worked on the plane home. Here is my Parzival Essay:

Parzival was raised by a mom who did not want him to succeed, and that led to many bumps on the long road to his “success.” In the book Parzival, The Quest of the Grail Knight, Parzival was quickly set up to fail by his mother. Parzival suffered greatly and was negatively impacted as a result. He was so ignorant that it took him a long time to develop the skills to learn on his own. In addition, Parzival’s upbringing hindered him in life because this negative reinforcement it made it very hard for him to succeed.

Parzival’s upbringing made it so that he was isolated and did not know anything about the outside world. He also did not receive any help for his journey, and in fact was setup for disappointment. Over the course of many years, he continually encountered roadblocks. A good example of this is when Parzival didn’t know his own name.  On page 3 it reads, “The only home the boy had ever known was a cottage in the wilderness of Soltane, and the only parent he had ever known was his mother.   He was never called by his proper name; indeed he didn’t even know that he had one.” The fact that Parzival did not even know that he had a proper name is evidence of ignorance during his upbringing.

Parzival’s upbringing hindered him in life because he was ignorant. For example on pages 13-14, the book reads, ‘“Good day my lady,” he said.  “My mother told me to give a cheery greeting to everyone I meet.  And to take a ring from a good lady if the occasion arose.”  The duchess was so frightened she hardly knew how to reply.  She begged the stranger to go away and leave her alone.  But he took her ring and helped himself to the broach he found on her gown.”  Another example is on pages 7 to 8, “He threw himself face first upon the ground, blocking the path of the great horses.  “If you be God”, he cried, “be merciful to me!”  The startled knights jerked their reins and stopped their horses just short of the boy’s’ body.  “Fool”, they cried.  “Do you want to be killed?”  But the boy was not offended.  “Tell me, “ he said “are you the one called God?”  The knights were amazed.  Who was this ignorant boy who mistook three knights for God.” When he took the brooch from the duchess, he misquoted his mother, who never said take anything from a women, but to accept one if presented. This provides further proof of his ignorance. The  later quote said that Parzival was ignorant, perfectly saying the point: Parzival’s upbringing hindered him in life because he was ignorant.

Because of Parzival’s upbringing, he was unaware of religion and the importance that it had in the world. Religion played a major role in the medieval era, and Parzival knew nothing about it. If that was ever discovered, he could have been punished severely.  While this the same example that was used before, it proves this point too. On pg. 8 it says,  ‘“Fool”, they cried.  “Do you want to be killed?”  But the boy was not offended.  “Tell me, “ he said “are you the one called God?”  The knights were amazed.  Who was this ignorant boy who mistook three knights for God.”’  Another example is ‘“There is another who is the lord of Hell.  He is called the devil and you must flee from him, for he is the father of treachery and despair.”’ on pg. 6. This has a hidden meaning. It is basically saying that you must flee from the devil, which comes to someone when someone does something bad. If somebody does something bad, even as small not knowing about religion, they could get punished if someone ever finds out. The first piece of evidence was literally a knight saying that you could get killed by not knowing about God.

Because Parzival’s poor upbringing hindered him in life, he was ignorant,  he took a while to grasp onto life, and he could have been severely punished for not knowing about religion. It took him two tries to save the king from the greatest pain anyone has ever felt, and if he was brought up properly, it is evident that that he would have saved the king from the most horrid pain the first time, while not being shunned by practically everybody he knew. Although Parzival’s mother provided him major setbacks, it seems certain that he would have saved the king earlier, would have been reunited with his wife earlier, and everybody would be happier as a result.