Why Is Robin Hood Bad

Throughout Robin Hood so far I have seen that he is a very smart person. He thinks of

the smartest ways of doing things without getting caught. Even though it might not be always the

right way to do things. He always knows a way to get out of things, like he finds ways to make

himself as the good person instead of the bad one or he gets someone else to do the work instead

of him in situations that he knows he could possibly get caught in. Another thing I see is that he

and all of his merry men all care about each other. Like they would volunteer to do anything for

each other, they would die for one another, and that is the good I see in Robin Hood.

In these chapters there is a lot of stuff that goes down. Robin Hood and his merry men

stay in the forest. They are
always practicing their archery. They practice by shooting at garlands

hung upon a willow wand. If they missed the shot Little John, one of Robin’s merry men, would

hit them on the back of the head. Little John is a 7 foot man, so when he basically hit them he

basically knocks them to the ground. Some important things happened in chapter 5. One of them

was when Robin Hood decides that he is going to get the sheriff back by inviting him to one of

his feast. He plans on stealing from him when he gets there. Another important thing that

happens in the story is when Robin Hood comes upon a Butcher and his cart full of his meats. So

they have a small

conversation and they start asking how each other is doing and the butcher says to Robin Hood

basically “why wouldn’t I be doing great I have the cutest girl in town and we are getting

married next Thursday” (Pyle). All while this conversation is going on the butcher doesn’t know

who Robin is. But eventually Robin tells the Butcher who he is and the butcher gets scared and

says “I’ve heard about you, please don’t steal from me” (Pyle). But then Robin says “don’t

worry, I won’t, I like you, you are from the same town I am from plus you are getting married

next week” (Pyle). So now they are friends and they like each other.

In chapter 6 they have having a fair. This fair occurs every 5 years, and it is also the

biggest event that they have all year. They were going to have an archery contest. The sheriff

wasn’t going to have to contest but he decided to because he didn’t want it seem like he was

scared of Robin. He wanted it to make it seem like he was brave and courageous. The prize for

the winner of the of contest would be 2 fat bulls. Robin hears about what the prize is and he

doesn’t want it, but Little John wants to go and win the competition. Robin Hood says that he

shouldn’t go because he isn’t smooth or as smart as Will Stutly, but he is strong. But Little John

goes anyway and he wears a hood in red. It is against Robins will but if he wants to he can but he

will have to be careful. So Little John gets there and he starts paying for drinks for himself and

other people, he gets other people to drink with him. After this happens Eric O’ Lincoln is

challenging people to a cudgel, he calls out Little John to a duel and says that the men of

Nottingham are cowards. So Little John accepts the challenge and he wins. Then after that the

archery contest starts and Little John also wins that. The Sheriff comes up to Little John and tells

him that he was the best at longbow under Robin Hood. So the Sheriff offered Little John a job

to work for him and Little John thought it would be fun so he took it. I think this is where Little

John made a huge mistake.

In chapter 7 Little John becomes fat, he is out of shape. He was in shape when he was

with Robin Hood but ever since he’s been with the Sheriff he’s become lazy. He hears a trumpet

and it reminds him of where he came from with Robin Hood. So he makes a decision to go back

home, back with Robin Hood. Little John becomes hungry, so he goes down stairs for breakfast.

The steward is down there, he doesn’t like Little John because he knows that he is the Sheriffs

favorite. Little john asks if he could make some breakfast for him, the Steward gets smart with

him and they get in a fight. Little John knocks him out with one punch and the cook comes

running in. Little John and the cook become friends. They have fights with each other to see who

the best is but they are equal to each other. Little John asks the cook if he want to go back to

Robin Hood with him, he says yes and goes.
They take some of the sheriffs silver to Robin but

when he gets there Robin doesn’t want it because that would mean that he would be starting a

fight with the sheriff and he doesn’t start fights.

In chapter 8 Robin Hood decides that he needs more Lincoln green cloth for his uniforms.

So he sends Little John to go get some. He needed 23 scores of cloth. Little John went on and he

came to roads and he decided to go down the wrong one, instead of the right one, to go to the

Blue Boar and he spends a night there. The next morning he goes down the right path. On the

way he sees a tanner that is following a deer so h r follows him. He accidentally gives himself

away and is seen by the tanner. They fight with each other, while Robin Hood watches from afar.

The tanner beats Little John and Robin Hood goes to speak with him and asks if he wants to join

him and he agrees. Robin Hood is disappointed with Little John But decides to give him another

chance. Even though Robin Hood is seen as a person that steals and always does wrong and

always gets in trouble, I think that he really has a heart but I also feel like he is about to
get

played.