Two Opposites for One Nation

King James’s story isn’t a happy quest through the adventures of life but his success at reaching England’s throne shows us how we can reach anything we work for. Always be careful of what you wish for, because it may become true. After England becoming a conservative and in much need-of-change nation, James arrives, breaking every preconceived idea of how a king should be. “no distant image of a king but a king who’s task, as God’s lieutenant, was to resolve and unify the tensions and fractures of the kingdom.” –Pg. 6 Having suffered all of his youth and reign in Scotland he achieves his dream of becoming England’s king. The newly anointed King James goes on a quest to find what he was going to do with all of his power. “James left Edinburgh for a journey through his new kingdom.” –Pg. 12

His calm, observing personality became a giving and naïve energy which other people fully exploited. Even in trouble, he was able to continue fighting for his dream of unity of the United Kingdom but people were used to Elizabeth’s rule and conservationism which made for great opposition and testing, as any new idea or reality always goes through in this human world. “Unity and togetherness was his dream.” –Pg. 13 His amazing life is that of a predestined soul whose vision goes beyond any fear of death, rejection or failure. James’s life is a perfect example of how perseverance and applied effort will always win in any case and how one has to stick to ones ideals, think for ones own and not be influenced by the negative side of one’s culture or family. England was needing change, and that is what it received through a controversial, visionary and destined person who had lived and transformed the country and its inhabitants more, in fewer years, than England had changed in all its monarchies.