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A Wizard of Earthsea The novel A Wizard of Earthsea is about a world of magic filled with wizards, dragons and evil. The story is about the protagonist’s journey through magic and life, while trying to defeat the evil shadow that wants to consume him. Throughout the novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, Ged learned many valuable lessons concerning his philosophy of life and of good and evil. When Ged was young, he was full …

…to release a great evil that sought to destroy him. These incidents caused Ged to learn many things, which made him wiser. Sparrowhawk (Ged) was the greatest voyager who in his day became both dragonlord and Archmage. He experienced many things and learned a great deal. “Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life: bright the hawk’s flight on the empty sky.” (The Creation of Éa) Chris Harney