Honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about My Only Hope. It's the story about Daisy leaving to find the Clans. In the books, this action brings the new role of a permanent queen to ThunderClan: someone who keeps the nursery reading for any new queens and helps them care for their kits. This is somewhat interesting, but she isn't a character I feel very engaged in in the main series. Her focus in this short story is actually more interesting. You can tell by how young Daisy describes Floss's kits as being that they aren't going to a new home. When a series is focused on cats as the prominent 'people', it makes this awful to think of. It's not that big of a deal compared to some other short stories, though. Daisy's struggle isn't as interesting as most, and when you don't know Floss's kits at all, there are none of the feelings you get with almost every other death in Warriors. It has good points and does bring up emotions, but…yeah. I
Stoneteller is the Healer of The Tribe of Rushing Water . He has the role of both a leader and medicine cat, neither of which he seems to be doing here. He’s the only one who can guide the Tribe , and he’s desperate. And this desperation is reflected in the rest of the Tribe . Whenever you’re in a role where others look to you for guidance you’ve got to be mindful of keeping emotions that are unhelpful in check. Desperate people make rash decisions or are completely devoid of any sort of energy to do anything. Sharptooth attacking the Tribe is bad, but I think Stoneteller’s state of mind is doing just as much harm to them. When those who look up to you sense strong emotions coming from you, they often reflect them. Their collective desperation is self-destructive here. Though maybe I’m being too hard on him. It is a terrifying situation, being stalked day and night. What do you guys think? The summary essay for The Coming of The Silver Cat is below. The main theme that The