I LOVED THAT BOOK!!!!
I read it in grade 9 LA, and i was growning becasue i did not want to read "fantasy!!!!: <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Now look where i am!
And, the essay i wrote on it, i think i got 98% on it or something. It was a good topic...about all the conficts used in the book (man vs. himself - which Ben had a ton of, man vs man...or the creatures i think i used...and man vs nature.
BTW Lews - i went to Hasting (in England) BUT did you know that where the battle (of Hastings) was really fought was in a place the English now call Batlle????? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />