Skellig Sparknotes

In the novel “Skellig”, David Almond describes how death is natural and has to happen in order for our world to keep moving. Imagine no one dying, just the world populating over and over again. There would eventually be no room for the new boys and girls entering our world. Death is natural, and has to happen. If there was no death, there would be no new generations with new minds to think and process the information the current generation can’t. In “Skellig” Ernie Myers’ death in the beginning plays a big part in this book. If his death hadn’t taken place, Michael would have never moved to this new house, or met Mina. As a result he would have never found Skellig and taken this journey with him. Besides that, Michael’s baby sister is fighting for her life, and has a doctor who Michael nicknamed Doctor Death. This is hinting that death has important, especially in this story.
This quote refers to pomegranates. Each tree of a pomegranate produces about one hundred fruits, and each of these fruits has a thousand little seeds, and so on and so forth. If this were to come true, pomegranates would fill the land and there would be no more room for any living life.When a pomegranate disperses its seeds, not all of the seeds will grow into trees. Some will get eaten and some will not have good land to bear a tree. It is not expected for all of them to live, just like people. This quote fits into the story because like pomegranate seeds, not all people live. Michael’s baby sister is close to death having many surgeries. Also Mina and Michael find Skellig, a crumbled wrinkled creature. They were sure that he would die if he didn’t get help