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Knowledge is Power


Chapter 1 talks about how the protectorate functions. As a parent, you tell your kids about the witch who eats kids. The kids fear this and therefore the Grand Elders have more power over the protectorate. The first chapter didn't necessarily make me want to keep reading the book. It was more reading the author's perspective of the book that made me want to read it. The first chapter made me confused. I was wondering why they were talking about a witch and why people were saying it was real when no one had seen it. The people in the protectorate aren't sure why they have to sacrifice the youngest child either. I wonder why it's the youngest though? Maybe it's because they don't think they will remember the protectorate. The people also think the children died but they went on to live a better life. The people in the protectorate live in sorrow because they had to give up their son or daughter to be sacrificed. I'm sure if people knew what was happening they would gladly hand themselves over so they could live on the other side of the woods, knowing they had a happier less sorrowful life. 


One thing that I liked how at the end of the book were they decided to open the tower. Ethyne talks about how the sisters have all the knowledge and that they should let other people have that too. When she meets up with the sisters to tell the story about the witch she decided that she wants the people to know what the sisters know she says " First let's release the prisoners. The Tower is meant to be a center for learning not a tool of tyranny. Today the doors are opening. Even the library? Especially the library. Knowledge is powerful, but it is a terrible power when it is hoarded and hidden. Today, knowledge is for everyone"( Barnhill 312). It is after this that the fog and sorrow that was surrounded by people was lifted. People needed to know what was going on so they could stand up for what they thought was right. I feel that the only reason the Porctorate was able to get away with sacrificing the children was that people didn't know what was going on. Even at the beginning when Antain watched his first child be sacrificed he wanted to stay so he could watch the witch take the kid but nobody wanted to. They all had heard too many stories as a child and therefore thought it was real. I think knowledge is power. The more you know the more likely someone will be able to learn from you to teach others. You will also be able to tell if something is a real story or not if you know what happened at the time. 

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