A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

          For the past few weeks I have been reading the book A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. This is a great book about a man named Hank, who goes back in time to the Renaissance. Hank is a late 1800s early 1900s mechanic who impresses the court and ends up becoming very powerful. In this report, I will be talking about the setting of the book.

          The setting in every book is very important. It is the place and time of the book, which can change everything. As I mentioned, the setting of the book is in the Renaissance, during the time of King Arthur, Queen Guenevere, and Sir Lancalot. Even Merlin was around during this time.

          The beginning of the book begins with Hank, who has just arrived in Camelot by accident. He believes that everyone’s customs are strange. Everyone else is thinking the same about him. He also meets Clarence, who is his friend throughout the rest of the book.

           The knights of King Arthur find him and think he is a crazy person. He is imprisoned for a time, but he soon pretends to be a magician and does indeed impress the king with his trick using an eclipse. He replaces Merlin and becomes very powerful.

          He makes friends with many people throughout the book, like Sandy, the king, and Sir Kay. Eventually, Hank and King Arthur decide to view how the peasants are living, so they get in their disguises and leave for the town. They discover a family with smallpox, and make them all comfortable until they die, and King Arthur starts to care about the peasants much more instead of seeing them as just peasants.

          Along the way through the town they run into some peasants whom they anger and are almost killed. Thankfully, Clarence saves them by sending knights on bicycles. This is because Hank had been trying to change this world from the 6th century style to the 19th century style. As you can imagine, this did not turn out as planned.

          Towards the end of the book, Hank starts to get used to this new place and marries Sandy after knowing each other for a while. They have a daughter named Hello-Central, who ends up getting very sick, but does not die. Instead, after the war, Hank’s life is taken after asking for his wife and daughter. Also, Sir Kay and King Arthur are both killed.

          As you can see, the setting changes from Hank being very scared and confused in this “new world”, to him trying to change it, to him finally living with it. Personally, this book is not my favorite, but I would completely recommend it to anyone who likes books about time travel and history. I also suggest watching the movie: A Kid in King Arthur’s Court, based on the book.