A Wizard of Earthsea Analysis

ShadowHere's what happens when you don't have electrical light and have to use candles and torches – you get a heck of a lot of shadows. A Wizard of Earthsea is kind of like a shadow magnet: it's...

Earthsea, a collection of islands and townsEarthsea. A magical land full of seas and… earth. Ged gets a nice little tour of Earthsea – such a nice tour that you really need a map to follow. Hop...

Fantasy, Coming of Age, Quest, ParableA Wizard of Earthsea is fantasy: it takes place in another world where magic exists and dragons are real. It's a coming-of-age story: Ged grows up from a child...

Old-School Fairy Tale-ish If you've ever written a story for class, you probably had a teacher tell you, "Show, don't tell." Like, if you want to write about a young boy who is wild, you should giv...

What's Up With The Title?Here's a fantasy book that tells you exactly what it's going to be about: you see, there's this wizard and he lives on Earthsea. The title may (or may not) be clear, but we...

Only in silence the word,only in dark the light,only in dying life:bright the hawk's flighton the empty sky- The Creation of EaFirst things first: if you try to find The Creation of Ea in your libr...

At the end of Chapter 10, Ged faces off against the shadow, and it turns out that the shadow is actually a part of him. If you want to know more about that, check out "What's Up With the Epigraph?,...

(5) Tree LineUrsula K. Le Guin actually wrote A Wizard of Earthsea for readers eleven years old and up, but that doesn't mean the book's super easy (source). She actually has a few essays in other...