Girls in young adult fantasy novels tend to fare rather poorly‚ especially in the light of Susan from the Chronicles of Narnia. When Aslan admits the Pevensies into paradise‚ Susan is barred because she has forgotten Narnia and is more interested in stockings and the real adult world‚ because she has dared to want to grow up. Jill Pole comments: “She’s interested in nothing nowadays except nylons and lipstick and invitationsâ€1. C.S. Lewis presents a conservative view of girls in the fantasy genre
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feel that with every page I read I was absorbing the different lessons that the characters were offering. With me as the reader I have learned to be taught by the actions of the characters in all books I read‚ whether they are Harry Potter or Chronicles of Narnia or even Water for Elephants. “History shall teach those who come after us‚ and hopefully they will learn from our mistakes before they make them themselves.” These words were once spoken by Napoleon to his dear wife Josephine‚ in his new
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evil deeds. First of all‚ many religious groups such as the Christians believe that Harry Potter encourages the practice of magic. While a few Christians do not even like to read or see classics such as Sleeping Beauty‚ Lord of the Rings‚ or Chronicles of Narnia due to the mere presence of evil. The Harry Potter franchise is viewed in the same category. Whether it is white or dark magic Christians believe that the influence on the younger generation is unacceptable. White magic in the Harry Potter
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and many different kinds of monsters. 6. Talking Animals The use of talking animals or anthropomorphism in fantasy stories can be used for several purposes. Sometimes the animals can talk to humans‚ as in James in the Giant Peach or The Chronicles of Narnia. Then sometimes the animals only talk amongst each other and are incapable of talking with humans‚ as in Charlotte’s Web‚ Redwall or Rabbit Hill. The need and use for communication is prevalent in both types. Here we can also mention the use
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which help to create the fantasy behind the book. Narnia is a parallel world which is
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Karl Schwarzkopf Research Paper Part One The English author J.R.R. Tolkien if often regarded as one of the most popular and influential authors of all time. Although Tolkien is best well known for his work The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit‚ he has written many other pieces. He was born in 1892 and experienced many life altering events such as two world wars and the Cold War. His unique writing style was influenced by events affecting him throughout his life. The years of and around World
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the magical land of Narnia‚ 21st century life is not exactly full of Dryads‚ Naiads and Fauns frolicking and feasting in the summer woods. By contrast‚ in today’s children’s fantasy novels‚ not every injustice is punished‚ and not all the good people live happily ever after: some of them die‚ because that is reality. Between school shootings‚ gang violence and child abuse is seems as though reality is thousands of miles away from the fantasy of complete and total justice in Narnia. What readers of all
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The Screwtape Letters: A Critical Essay The Screwtape Letters is a satirical book written by C.S. Lewis with the intent to deliver practical lessons on a person’s daily exercise of his or her faith. The book’s overall theme is “God vs. the devil” or “good vs. evil” in the human experience. In the book‚ two devils – Screwtape‚ an elder tempter‚ and Screwtape’s novice nephew Wormwood -- are in a fight to claim as many souls‚ or ‘patients‚’ as they are referred to in the book‚ and Screwtape advises
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Science; he finds it interesting Anthropomorphism - In literature‚ when inanimate objects‚ animals or natural phenomena are given human characteristics‚ behavior or motivation. Often used with animal to give them human characteristics. EX: The chronicle of Narnia is a great example of a movie that has Anthropomorphism of animals talking. Anticlimax - An often disappointing‚ sudden end to an intense situation. Aphorism - A brief statement which expresses an observation on life‚ usually intended
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allegory for the Bible. Christianity is well-rooted throughout the novel in the hero‚ who represents Jesus‚ and the stone table‚ which represents the cross. The character Aslan is a well-known representation of Jesus: “Aslan is the creator and ruler of Narnia‚ an obvious Christ-figure…” (Park). Aslan is more similar to Jesus the further a reader goes along. The mere mention of his name evokes strong feelings in the protagonists: the way a Christian may feel about Jesus’ name. Late in the story Aslan breathes
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