The brothers resolve to set off with a band of nine other rabbits from the warren who believes Fiver’s vision. Fiver and Hazel try, to no avail, to convince the chief rabbit that they have to escape. A young rabbit named Fiver receives a prophetic vision of the demolition of their warren and relates it to his brother, Hazel. Eventually, they find a safe haven called Watership Down but, without ruining the ending, the tale doesn't end there.The very opening of the novel takes place in the rabbits’ home, the Sandleford warren. Their journey becomes increasingly dangerous as the story goes on with threats like murderous humans and dictatorial rabbits emerging from every corner. They don't listen so he, his brother Hazel, and nine other rabbits decide to leave to find a safe place to live. When he sees his warren being destroyed, he tries to warn the rest of the rabbits and urges them to evacuate. The plot follows Fiver, a young rabbit who predicts the future through the visions he receives. It was eventually published in 1972 and transformed into an animation in 1978 and is now set to return to TV screens in a less gory remake commissioned by the BBC and Netflix.
But what is the real meaning of Watership Down?Īs the Guardian reports, the idea for the book came to Adams when his two daughters asked him to entertain them during a long car journey. Notable for its graphic violence against the cuddly animals, many critics viewed Watership Down as a tale with a hidden message. An animated TV programme about rabbits doesn't sound like it could be in any way horrifying, but Richard Adams' tale of a group of rabbits trying to find refuge scarred a generation of children in the '70s.
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