Pride and Supernatural

== A Wizard of Earthsea Theme of Pride == Pride in A Wizard of Earthsea mostly means that a character thinks he or she is really great when really that person's just right. Of course, Ged is the big example of pride in action. He starts off the book thinking he's really great when he's just … well, actually, he is pretty great. But maybe he's not quite as great as he thinks he is, and he has a lot of learning to do. This is the problem with pride: it's not a problem to know you're good – it's only a problem when you think you're better than you really are. But this doesn't mean that we should go around thinking that we're worse than we actually are. In A Wizard of Earthsea, Ged seems to be happiest when his pride matches his position in the world: as a powerful wizard, he's important, but he's not the center of the universe. == A Wizard of Earthsea Theme of Supernatural == Wizards, and dragons, and evil old stones-the world of Earthsea is full of supernatural elements. Luckily, our hero is a master of the supernatural. Or maybe we should say that's unlucky, since it's Ged's magical abilities that get him into trouble in the first place. We could also note that all of these fantasy elements are pretty well integrated into this natural world. For instance, we don't have dragons on every island – predators that big would just go eat everything in sight. And although we have super powerful mages, they have to be careful with their magic – because of the balance