A Wizard of Earthsea - description of the plot of the book

A young boy, Duny belt goats on
Shingle mountainous slopes of the island.
My aunt, a village witch, discovers
his talent and teaches him magic
simple spells. When the boy
his magic saves his village from
invasion of privateers, sinking the
including coma, comes to him
Ogion wizard to heal him,
give adolescent boy
real name and teach him
real magic. Real name
Ged is a young man, but the whole
Earthsea know him as
Sparrowhawk.
Ogion takes the boy to his
hut and teaches him most of all
that what's missing - peace,
silence, living in harmony with nature.
Already at the beginning of the road, tempted
by insidious girl
Sparrowhawk commits an act which put
a shadow over his entire life, and
even on the fate of magic throughout
Earthsea - opens the passage to
world of the dead, from which comes
Shadow. Ogion rescues the boy, but
seeing how eagerly looking Ged
knowledge and the power of magic allows
He set sail to the famous school
mages on the island of Roke, if you prefer it
from his teachings. So it makes the boy.
The school Sparrowhawk learns magic in
the greatest living masters of the
art. Earns friends there and,
Unfortunately, even enemies. When
young duel of sorcery,
disliked by him, Jasper,
Shadow again enters the world
living. From death alone saves Geda
superior schools, the Archmage
Nemmerle, but the wounds inflicted by
The shadow will remain forever on the body and
soul boy. Magic, which you have
was used to defeat the evil was so
great that Nemmerle soon
dies, and scarred Ged
health occur months.
New Archmage - Gensher decides
for further training Sparrowhawk, gives
He was also a good lesson in humility.
After years of youth is
a full-fledged mage and settles in
Low Torning island municipality.
There, saving his friend's son
carpenter, enters the realm
dead, and back again meets
scourge of the past, Shadow. Fighting
It costs a lot of Geda again. When
coming to himself decides
finally do something useful -
free the inhabitants of
threatening the dragons from the islands
Pendor. Flows there and shoot a deal with
old dragon, securing for
all residents of the islands. From
dragon learns that the shadow has
also his name, and why knowing
his name, will be able to beat him.
In his travels Sparrowhawk
arrives on the island Osskil where
Shadow meets but it fails to
him win, because suddenly,
This shadow pronounce his name,
depriving it of advantage magic.
Escaping from the island in the form of
falcon, Ged returns to his
old master, Ogion. This heals
him and give wise counsel. Mag
accordance with the advice of the old man decides to
no more escape before
persecutor, but on the contrary,
yourself begin to chase him. Flows
the sea and there challenges Shadow.
Chasing him through the stormy sea,
goes to the forgotten island,
where there is a pair of dumb
elderly. Initially, terrified
view of human avoid it.
Then the old man shows him her
greatest treasure - embroidered
pearls dress, which probably
was sent to the island as
child. Also endows Geda
a piece of metal. Once, it turns out
He half great talisman -
Erreth ring-Akbego.
In the longer trip first wins
"Bright Eyes" boat, which has since
will always be accompanied by, and
then on wsypie Iffish meets
a friend from school - the magician vetch,
who will support him in
search for Shadow. After a long
chase, on the edge of the world, in the end
magician comes by his opponent -
saying his name combined with
shadow. Name, which is "Ged"
because Shadow is a shadow of its
own death.

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