Incanus
Auror
WARNING: Spoiler Alert! (Though I will only be bringing up one aspect of the end of this story.)
I just wanted to see if anyone else noticed something I saw concerning the main plot. The symbol of the ‘wheel’ appears in the story here and there. It is significant in several of Simon’s dreams as well as (near the very end) his being tied up to a waterwheel for a torturous length of time. It’s been awhile since I read the books, so I guess the ‘wheel’ image appears elsewhere in the tale, though I can’t think of where else at the moment.
Anyway, I was staring at the map of Osten Ard one day and thinking about Simon’s journey. I realized that Simon begins at the Hayholt, and then over the course of the whole story, travels clockwise in a great circle around the map (going around the Aldheorte forest) and ends up back at the Hayholt for the finale–one giant circle, a wheel. I thought it was pretty neat, and subtle.
I’m usually a dunce when it comes to noticing symbols and subtleties, but I was wondering: did anyone else pick up on this?
I just wanted to see if anyone else noticed something I saw concerning the main plot. The symbol of the ‘wheel’ appears in the story here and there. It is significant in several of Simon’s dreams as well as (near the very end) his being tied up to a waterwheel for a torturous length of time. It’s been awhile since I read the books, so I guess the ‘wheel’ image appears elsewhere in the tale, though I can’t think of where else at the moment.
Anyway, I was staring at the map of Osten Ard one day and thinking about Simon’s journey. I realized that Simon begins at the Hayholt, and then over the course of the whole story, travels clockwise in a great circle around the map (going around the Aldheorte forest) and ends up back at the Hayholt for the finale–one giant circle, a wheel. I thought it was pretty neat, and subtle.
I’m usually a dunce when it comes to noticing symbols and subtleties, but I was wondering: did anyone else pick up on this?