Throughout Redwall the little mouse Matthias changes and grows into a great warrior. The book starts with implying that Matthias is young and inexpeirenced. Father Abbot describes him as "a young buffoon of a mouse." Despite his novelty Matthias was destined to be a hero. When an evil army of rats try to take over the great Abbey, Matthias takes the opportunity to prove himself.
Jacques clearly distinguishes between the good and evil in Redwall. Almost all of the animals can easily be put into either catagory. As Matthias takes on many challenging and often dangerous adventures to defeat Cluny and his evil comrades he becomes the warrior that the good animals of Redwall needed. Jacques gives the reader a chance to watch Matthias grow and change from being the little hopefull mouse whose shoes were to big into a Redwall hero.
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