The Transall Saga story involves a boy aged thirteen years. The boy’s name is Mark. The author of this story represents the boy as one of who is transported into the future. The story brings out the perspective of Mark’s life as one that is filled with mental disturbance and numerous physical dilemmas, which torment him during his journey back home. The plot of this story is centered in the endeavor fro the young Mark to find his way back home. During this voyage, Mark meets numerous life forms, which he falls in love with. However, the outstanding lesson from this story is that the main character learns to be a smarter and stronger person. Mark is completely transformed through adoption of a new culture. The question that audience asks from the beginning of the story is whether Mark will finally find his way back home.
The story begins by indicating the young boy Mark being on a camping trip in the desert. The boy is in the company of his parents who are adventuring the place and they seem to have great moments of joy. As the boy rooms around the desert, he sees a blue shining light from the sky and he is attempted to climb the rocks in order to have a clear view. Mark slips off the rock and when he wakes up he finds that he is no longer in the desert, but in a new world which is red and orange (Gary, 68). At first the boy is startled with the new milieu is in, however he quickly realizes that, he was sent to a new planet and he must learn to adopt with the new life. In this new life, he makes encounters with very primitive tribes and individuals such as Sarbo, who nonetheless brings joy and strengthens the human bond. On the other hand, the young boy experiences violence and war from the inhabitants and this was his turning point as he realizes his own startling powers.
Initially Mark seems to care much for his freedom than the tribes of the new world, however as he interacts with them he realizes that he needs to care for them. For instance, during his encounter with the cannibals that Daggon was looking for, Mark goes back to the village to caution them about the cannibals and their presence (Gary, 76). This a change of attitude and character trait, which is attributed to the hardship Mark, went through.
In conclusion, this is an exciting story full of action and life lessons that the audience need to reflect and practice.
Work Cited
Paulsen, Gary. The Transall Saga. New York: Delacorte Press, 1998. Print.
