01.23.07
The High King: Second Post (The Banner of the White Pig)
I always forget how funny Gwystl is and how sad Prince Rhun’s death is. This is actually a pretty fast-paced, emotional book! Magg is really slimy and always gives me the creeps.
There is something weirdly powerful about the scene where Eilonwy turns her embroidered image of Hen Wen into Taran’s banner as a war leader - the Banner of the White Pig. It’s funny, since that banner could have been absurd, but it’s not. It’s perfect for Taran. And it’s perfect that she made it and gave it to him and that it happened just then. It’s just perfect.