"The Once and Future King": an analysis of themes within the novel by T.H. White.

Within the novel, "The Once and Future King", a theme that is prevalent is the use of unnecessary warfare which leads to nothing but death and suffering. White goes so far as to make satirical suggestions that knights are more brawn than brains, and that the majority of those involved in war are like the ants that Arthur dealt with, mindless robots that operate at the whim of the one who rules them.
When Arthur became an ant, he heard a voice inside his head which seemed to be giving him directions. The voice was preparing the colony for war with a neighboring colony. It continuously broad…