The Taggerung
Soham Govande Period 6
Author and Genre
Summary
The main character was a small baby otter, named Deyna, who fell into the unkind paws of a band of vermin who called themselves the Juska, from his original home at Redwall Abbey. They believed that he would grow up to be a gargantuan, unrestrained warrior with no mercy on foes, and hence, they trained him to become their dreams. They named him the Taggerung (Tagg), the name for the Juska's most savage warrior. As Tagg grew out of his young years, and he became the fearsome legend that they said he was destined to be. However, unlike those Tagg was brought up with, otters are compassionate and loving creatures, and would never even think of killing someone, even his evil tribe's enemies. Hence, Tagg only taught those who quarreled with him a lesson; he never killed them, even though his brutal advisers dearly punished him for not doing it. Finally, he, at last, became sick of the cruel tribe's murderous ways and departed. They contempt him for it, and trailed after him to seek revenge. Tagg found a friend, Nimbalo, and together they journeyed off, heading to Redwall Abbey, since Tagg had had visions about it and its compassionate creatures in uneasy dreams. On his arrival, they discovered that his enemies were waiting there for him. Nimbalo was captured, and the lives of the creatures of Redwall were in jeopardy as Vallug shot his deadly arrows over the high wall tops. Will Tagg truly become the legend he was born to be and save Redwall and his friend, or will his luck finally run out as the vermin slay them and hand out a slow death to Tagg?
Main Character
Problem main character has
Action scene
Favorite part
"Haha, I guess I'm dead now, aren't I?" she rhetorically asked them, dropping another stone into the thicket, a tactic which had made the rock seem like it was actually her. "My fake screams really are improving!"
This is my favorite part because it, first of all, is comical, and it also describes how tactics and strategy can outwit pure force in numbers.
Ethos
Goodreads, a large company that reviews books, rated Taggerung with a rating of about 4.1.
On average, 130 customers from Amazon rated it 4.6/5.
Finally, from many websites across the Internet, including PublishersWeekly and AllReaders, there are countless reviews about this book that state that it is exciting and action-filled.
Logos
- Taggerung has 438 pages.
- It has 22 chapters and is divided into 3 sections.
- It is book fourteen of the twenty-two book long Redwall series.
- It was published in the year 2001.
- The series was copyrighted in the year 1976.
- Its setting is in Mossflower Woods, with no time described.
- There are twenty million copies of this book.
Pathos
This is pathos because the scene describes Tagg losing his father and being captured, a sorrowful turn of events.
Book Cover
This cover depicts Tagg after having escaped from his captors. He still has the ornaments that his former faction decorated him with.
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/redwall/images/5/53/TaggerungUS.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080501071246Author
Brian Jacques near the age of 71, before he died.
http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/redwall/images/a/a6/Bj1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090314080402Tagg and Nimbalo
A picture of Tagg and his companion, Nimbalo, traveling to Redwall.
http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/redwall/images/a/a6/Bj1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090314080402Recommendation
Overall, I recommend this book to anyone who likes uniqueness, action, but also suspense and good trying to triumph over evil. Read it to find out what Tagg's fate is- is he to be a heroic legend who still lives, or a war hero who died a tragic death?