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Archenland et Calormen

Arsheesh, the fisherman

The poor Calormen fisherman who took in Shasta as a baby and raised him as a servant, even planning to sell him to a Tarkaan.

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Espèce
Human
Nom original
Arsheesh
Autres noms
Home > The story > The Horse and His Boy · --- · ### **Le pêcheur** · **Shasta** is a boy who was raised by a fisherman in **Narnia**. He is the protagonist of *The Horse and His Boy*.
Origine
Narnia (world)
Nationalité
Calormen
Allégeance
Calormen
Famille
Shasta (foundling)
Première apparition
The Horse and His Boy, ch. 1
Âge
The Horse and His Boy
Arsheesh bargains with a Tarkaan outside his hut
The Fisherman's Hut

En bref

Arsheesh lives in a hut by the sea in southern Calormen. He fishes, sells his catch in the village, and works Shasta hard from morning till night. He is not a monster, but he does not like the boy and shows him no tenderness.

View and analysis

Arsheesh opens the book like a figure of hardship that hardens hearts. The beached boat echoes with Moses saved from the waters and other abandoned heroes (Oedipus, Perseus) : a royal child raised by strangers, who will discover who he truly is.

Dans les livres

Son histoire dans les livres (révèle l’intrigue)

In the book

One evening, the Tarkaan Anradin asks for hospitality and offers to buy Shasta. Hidden, the boy hears Arsheesh admit that he found Shasta as a baby in a beached boat, along with a starving man. Since Shasta is not his son, Arsheesh has no qualms about selling him. Relieved to not be the son of this cruel man, Shasta flees that very night with Bree.

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Arsheesh

Old poor, vile and brutal Calormen fisherman who "adopted" Shasta as a child. He doesn’t really care for him and treats him like a slave, even trying to sell him.

Presentation in the book

*"If the fisherman was in a bad mood, he would slap Shasta around, telling him to get back to work." (The Horse and His Boy, p.8)*

Appearances in the books

"The Horse and His Boy"

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