The author of the book Sir Gawain and the Green Knight teaches the reader many different things about facing challenges such as how they come unexpecteantly and how they must be faced. Throughout the ballad there are numerous refernces to the challenges that Sir Gawain and the different ways that he must deal with them. The author shows that people have to face a challenge straight on. You cannot run away and hope that the …showed first 75 words of 486 total…

…showed last 75 words of 486 total…ballad there are many challenges and problems that Sir Gawain faces and in each one he must overcome this challenge only to pass onto another one. I believe that the author is showing the reader that life is just a string of challenges that must be overcomeby being honest, brave, etc. He shows many ways of defeating the problems and, as in life, there are many ways of handling problems that come out of nowhere.