Neverending Story Turning Points Essay
Turning Points
Battle for the Ivory Tower
In the novel The Neverending Story, the battle for the Ivory Tower between the
two protagonists; Bastian and Atreyu is a very important event to the plot of the
novel. They were battling for the possession of the Childlike Empress’ amulet,
AURYN:
Atreyu tried to defend himself with his own sword. But wielded by Bastian, Sikanda cut in two and struck Atreyu in the chest. Blood spurted from the gaping wound. Atreyu staggered back and toppled from the wall (Ende 370).
The battle for the Ivory Tower is a very important event to the plot of the novel
because one of the major characters in the story is stabbed. Bastian is so
arrogant and selfish that he stabbed his own friend just so he could keep AURYN
for himself and be the Childlike Emperor of Fantastica. Atreyu only took away
the amulet so Bastian wouldn’t lose anymore of his memories. However, Bastian
was too self absorbed to realize that Atreyu was only trying to help him.
The battle for the Ivory Tower is also very important to the development of
Bastian as a character. Bastian went through a change as a result of the battle.
He started out very angry at Atreyu:
Bastian pointed his sword at the heap of flaming ruins and his voice cracked as he declared: “This is Atreyu’s doing! For I will pursue him to the end of The world!” (Ende 371-372).
However, Bastian began to feel guilty about what he had done:
Over and over he lived the moment when Atreyu had set the point of his sword to his chest. And for the first time he asked himself why Atreyu hesitated. Why, after all that had happened, couldn’t he bring himself to strike bastian and take AURYN by force? And suddenly Bastian thought of the wound he had inflicted on Atreyu and the look in Atreyu’s eyes as he staggered and fell (Ende 375-376).
After Bastian thought about
Battle for the Ivory Tower
In the novel The Neverending Story, the battle for the Ivory Tower between the
two protagonists; Bastian and Atreyu is a very important event to the plot of the
novel. They were battling for the possession of the Childlike Empress’ amulet,
AURYN:
Atreyu tried to defend himself with his own sword. But wielded by Bastian, Sikanda cut in two and struck Atreyu in the chest. Blood spurted from the gaping wound. Atreyu staggered back and toppled from the wall (Ende 370).
The battle for the Ivory Tower is a very important event to the plot of the novel
because one of the major characters in the story is stabbed. Bastian is so
arrogant and selfish that he stabbed his own friend just so he could keep AURYN
for himself and be the Childlike Emperor of Fantastica. Atreyu only took away
the amulet so Bastian wouldn’t lose anymore of his memories. However, Bastian
was too self absorbed to realize that Atreyu was only trying to help him.
The battle for the Ivory Tower is also very important to the development of
Bastian as a character. Bastian went through a change as a result of the battle.
He started out very angry at Atreyu:
Bastian pointed his sword at the heap of flaming ruins and his voice cracked as he declared: “This is Atreyu’s doing! For I will pursue him to the end of The world!” (Ende 371-372).
However, Bastian began to feel guilty about what he had done:
Over and over he lived the moment when Atreyu had set the point of his sword to his chest. And for the first time he asked himself why Atreyu hesitated. Why, after all that had happened, couldn’t he bring himself to strike bastian and take AURYN by force? And suddenly Bastian thought of the wound he had inflicted on Atreyu and the look in Atreyu’s eyes as he staggered and fell (Ende 375-376).
After Bastian thought about