| − | |Warriors is a book series (with seven six-book arcs, eleven stand-alone books, manga series, field guides, and novellas) about four Clans of feral cats living together and fighting for survival. The series starts out pretty neutral, one example being first arc main character Rusty/Firestar questioning why the Clans don't just become one big Clan before ultimately respecting Clan traditions. The earlier books also say that even if the Clans are staying separate, they can still come together to fight whatever threatens all the Clans, including Scourge and his BloodClan cats as well as the Dark Forest (the cat version of hell). Family is portrayed positively in Firestar agreeing to adopt his sister's firstborn kitten Cloudtail so that he can be a warrior like him. Totalitarianism is condemned through leaders like Brokenstar, who kills kittens during battle practice and forces his cats to constantly go to war. | + | |''Warriors'' is a book series (with seven six-book arcs, eleven stand-alone books, manga series, field guides, and novellas) about four colonies (later five) of feral cats living together and fighting for survival. The series starts out pretty neutral, one example being first arc main character Rusty/Firestar questioning why the Clans don't just become one big Clan before ultimately respecting Clan traditions. The earlier books also say that even if the Clans are staying separate, they can still come together to fight whatever threatens all the Clans, including Scourge and his BloodClan cats as well as the Dark Forest (the cat version of hell). Family is portrayed positively in Firestar agreeing to adopt his sister's firstborn kitten Cloudtail so that he can be a warrior like him. Totalitarianism is condemned through leaders like Brokenstar, who kills kittens during battle practice and forces his cats to constantly go to war. |
| | However, it's become more liberal in later books, encouraging more open borders (as RiverClan leader Mistystar's decision to close her Clan's borders and look after her own cats first is portrayed as negative) and moral relativism (an example being the author portraying the murderous manipulator Mapleshade as sympathetic by making everyone around her even worse). There seems to be a pro-anarchy message in the form of Needletail, who refuses to take responsibility for helping the sixth arc's villain, Darktail, take control of ShadowClan due to resentment towards their leader Rowanstar. ''The Raging Storm'' portrays a not-so-subtle jab at Donald Trump's 2016 slogan "Make America Great Again" by painting Tigerheart's line "Make ShadowClan great again" in a negative light. Finally, the series promotes a slight environmentalist message in glorifying the wild cats' harsh way of life while having the Clan cats look down on house cats and their safer and saner lifestyle. | | However, it's become more liberal in later books, encouraging more open borders (as RiverClan leader Mistystar's decision to close her Clan's borders and look after her own cats first is portrayed as negative) and moral relativism (an example being the author portraying the murderous manipulator Mapleshade as sympathetic by making everyone around her even worse). There seems to be a pro-anarchy message in the form of Needletail, who refuses to take responsibility for helping the sixth arc's villain, Darktail, take control of ShadowClan due to resentment towards their leader Rowanstar. ''The Raging Storm'' portrays a not-so-subtle jab at Donald Trump's 2016 slogan "Make America Great Again" by painting Tigerheart's line "Make ShadowClan great again" in a negative light. Finally, the series promotes a slight environmentalist message in glorifying the wild cats' harsh way of life while having the Clan cats look down on house cats and their safer and saner lifestyle. |