WizardsFirst Rule -Essay Topics

We have to write an essay on a theme for our ISU novel and when searching for one I found a couple possible themes and topics. The one I'm focusing on right now for being my essay topic is "any boundary can be overcome if you put your mind to it". If you have read Wizards first rule then you know exactly what I'm talking about. If you have not, let me explain briefly. In this book Richard, The Seeker of Truth, is put up against uncountable odds and impossible challenges. This only motivates him more. Just when you think that the story is going to end right then and there and Richard is going to die he does the unimaginable! In the beginning you read about a magical barrier separating Westland from the Midlands. It is made of underworld so if you go near it you could be sucked into the underworld for all eternity. Richard is faced with the task of getting through it. Kahlan had already gone through the barrier. But she had seven Wizards give their lives and their life energy to get her through without being killed. Richard only has one wizard and he needs him for after they get through the barrier. He's left with no where to go. Then he remembers Zedd saying that George Cypher had been through the veil( barrier) to receive the Book of Counted Shadows... so Richard realizes that not only did he cross once..but twice! Once to get there and another to get back. Reasoning sets in and Richard declares there is a trail leading through the barrier somewhere. They do some research and find out the barrier is weakest at a place called Kings Port. They successfully make it through the barrier but not before running into heart hounds and other dangers. Wonder what heart hounds are? Well I guess you will have to read the book then. :P
This is only one example and a physical one at that. Richard is faced with many mental and emotional barriers as well. From having to not care for Kahlan because her power will consume him if he does, to killing people. This story is filled with life messages and I found a couple others that I might touch on in my Essay. Like, Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ( I know this is cliched! I'm working on changing it...don't harass me for it) This allows Richard to kill Darken Rahl and save the world from his evil ways. Or, pay heed to your friends because you never know when you are going to need them. Chase saves Richards behind a few times in this book and in one specific case risks his own life to save Richard from the heart hounds. This book is not only a fantastic fantasy action novel but a book with messages to be heard. I hope I brought up some things for you to think about!