Through The Eyes Of A Child By Donna E. Norton: Chapter Analysis

In Chapter 7 of Through the Eyes of a Child by Donna E. Norton, Norton defines and explains the concepts of Modern Fantasy. Modern Fantasy is a genre of literature that is consisted of story elements that are impossible to happen in real life and/or imaginary. The place, setting, characters, or the event of the story of modern fantasy are impossible to be real or happen in real life. The genre of modern fantasy is very similar to the genre of traditional literature and the only difference is that modern fantasy stories are not originally told orally. Traditional literature are stories told from long time ago and it’s very hard to find the original authors of this genre’s books and stories. Whereas, for modern fantasy the author is known and possibly still alive today.
The chapter started by introducing one of the most popular authors of modern fantasy called Beatrix Potter’s. She gives a great example of a modern fantasy story introduction that takes her readers into a setting and time where they imagine the impossible happen and become possible in the world of the characters. Her interdiction started as follows: “‘in the time of
Plot: the best modern fantasy story plot is the one that drives the readers to belief the unbelievable, or when the reader thinks the story might be true or might have happened in real life. This is actually required for the modern fantasy plot to make the reader start believing what he or she is reading. To help the author meet the requirements of the modern fantasy story’s plot he or she should best start the story with realistic context and then move on into the imaginary world that is impossible to happen in real life. "In "The Chronicles of Narnia," for example, C. S. Lewis develops normal human characters who visit a realistic English home and enter into children games familiar to most children" (Norton