The once and Future King (77-245)

As I've said before, this 600 page book is divided into 4 Books, the first one is called The sword in the Stone, and takes up 1/3 of the book. What I find funny is that the sword in the stone was 210 pages and they didn't even bring the sword in the stone till page 204, so if you ask me, the pacing is a little off. I thing they should have called it the Wart, who is the main character. Wart was adopted by Sir Ector, who favored his actual son of the same age, Kay. Kay is what you would call a spoiled brat. When Kay gets knighted, the Wart becomes Kay's Squire. During this time, everyone except for Kay knows about a sword in the stone, and that whoever pulls it from the stone will become the King of England. On the way to a competition in London, Kay realizes that he left his sword in the Hotel, and sends the Wart to get it. Wart finds out that the hotel is locked, but he finds a silly little sword in a stone for Kay. He pulls it from the stone with ease, and gives it to Kay.

"But this is not my sword," said Sir Kay. "It was the only one I could get," said the Wart. "The inn was locked." "It is a nice-looking sword. Where did you get it?" "I found it stuck in a stone, outside a church. "What?" said Sir Kay. "Did you just say this sword was stuck in a stone?" "It was," said the wart. (White 205)

Sir Kay, Knowing about the competition, tells Sir Ector that he pulled it out, instead of the Wart.

"Will you promise me that you took it out by your own might?" [Sir Ector to Kay]

Kay looked at his father, he also looked at the Wart and at the Stone.

Then he handed the sword to the Wart quite quickly.

He said, "I am a liar. Wart pulled it out." (White 206)

This took me off guard because throughout this first 200 pages Kay has been nothing but a brat, and then all of the sudden he has a change in heart? Nothing changed he still should have been a jerk who took credit from the sword. Nothing change within him. It almost makes me angry the Kay Would do that. If this book was an actual event, that would have never happened. But anyway, This book has picked up and I can barley put It down, but I have to read quickly if I want to finish the remaining 400 pages in time.

White, T. H. The Once and Future King. New York: Berkley, 1966. Print.