THE PROPOSAL OF THE GOLDEN COMPASS BY PHILIP PULLMAN The Golden Compass is a fantasy novel by Philip Pullman which was published in 1995. In England‚ Lyra Belacqua a twelve year old orphan girl takes a journey to the Arctic in search of her missing friend‚ Roger Parslow‚ and her imprisoned uncle‚ Lord Asriel‚ who has been conducting experiments with a mysterious substance known as “Dust”. The Golden Compass is a fantasy novel due to the use of imaginative characters such as the use of the daemon
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place in the Wild West‚ during the time where there were outlaws and gunslingers. The plot of Unforgiven is similar to any other western where there is a hero who is trying to accomplish a task whale the villain is trying to stop them. The western genre of movies is supported by American history creating realism within the movies. Throughout the movie Unforgiven‚ Eastwood portrays the narrative in ways that are similar to the ways that it was during the Wild West and used American history to make
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Speculative Fiction Discovery is at the heart of Speculative Fiction. Yet resistance is also crucial. Speculative Fiction is a term‚ which categorises a number of sub- genres such as fantasy‚ science fiction‚ horror and dystopia. Each of these sub-genres investigates the classic question of “What if?” and uses the imagination as a tool to explore fictional realities. At the heart of speculative fiction lies the essence of discovery to drive a unique plot separate from the reader’s everyday
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Magical Realism Essay Magical realism is not a very well known genre yet many people encounter it and automatically classify it as fantasy or an author’s imagination. Magical realism does contain some elements of both fantasy and imagination but also has a distinct resemblance to reality as we know it. This genre has many ways to classify it and many of those resemble other genres. Constructs of time in a story are a sign of magical realism. This is exemplified in the story “The Night Face
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always stay away from the very long‚ novel like books. I never thought that they could keep the reader engaged. I was also very picky when it came to the fantasy genre. Most fantasy books seemed a bit too childish. Then I discovered The Inheritance Cycle series. It was four books and each was a novel. I really wanted to read it‚ but the length and genre kept me away. Eventually I gave it a chance‚ and I loved it. Therefore‚ my view of books changed and my perspective broadened. Several years ago‚ I
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Mathew Martinez Rosenberg Engl. 1147-104 Essay 5 4/18/12 Artificially Realistic: The Contradictions of the Detective Genre Raymond Chandler is a writer against the notion of the artificial detective story. He believes that the detective story should portray realism. However‚ the genre of realism is often seen as a boring style of writing that lacks the weight that an otherwise artificial story would sustain. Chandlers statements issued in “The Simple Art of Murder” are quite contradicting
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in fact‚ acts - that is‚ roles that writers and readers voluntarily take on." (The Art of Reading) After all‚ if reading a fantasy or science fiction novel‚ you are indeed acting‚ taking on the belief that a particular world or skill can exist for the sake of the story. I think one problem writer ’s have is the requirement to classify their work into a certain genre for the publisher to market. This obviously effects their audience‚ and also what the reader expects to get from the work. As
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the publishing industry‚ but has strongly impacted the cross-changing from children’s books to YA novels‚ and has impacted literature as a whole. Rowling has dominated in literature by changing the tradition of how books are published‚ and by what genres define a book. First‚ we must touch the Pensieve (Dumbledore’s stone basin where memories are stored) to travel back in time where it all started. It’s the 1990s. Rowling was moving to Manchester with her boyfriend at the time (Friedman). When she
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choose what to view can be a harrowing and daunting task if they aren’t classified into any sort of order. This is why it is helpful that the immense collection of films that have been made over the years can all be divided into different genres. A popular film genre among people is comedy. Comedies are defined as light-hearted dramas‚ crafted to amuse‚ entertain‚ and provoke enjoyment. It is the ideal type of movie for people to watch if they’ve had a stressful day and just want to be entertained
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ideals can be crushed. The fantastical journey can be a big illusion or joke‚ where the reality is a series of mundane disappointments or repeated errors. European writers tend to present and then undermine the fantastic‚ whereas Americans use the fantasy to explore matters. Realistic – writer knows the realities‚ the places and characters. Writer doesn’t judge anyone. (Limited point of view) Naturalistic – shows true picture of society‚ has a thesis that he has to prove (people behave like animals
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