What threatens the world of Fantasien within the reality of Die unendliche Geschichte is a formless void named „Nichts,“ that encroaches the kingdom and engulf the inhabitants. The cause of this “non-presence” is people’s waning creative imagination. For a resident in this world, entering the void implies that it will become a product of delusion, manipulation and lies, lacking any genuine creativity. Bastian’s realization that he should no longer be dismissive of the connection between the fantastic and the real triggers his creative effort to restore Fantasien. Bastian uses his gift of storytelling to create the kingdom anew and is hailed as a saviour; however, consumed by his new identity of a saviour and an unfettered creator with the ultimate
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The core paradigm of a reader being able to intercept and change the real and the fantastic realm resonates throughout it as well. Tintenherz revolves around a book-loving girl Meggie, whose father Mo can bring any character or object of a book to life by his oral storytelling. Mo renounces and hides his ability, because his reading of a book named Tintenher once summoned a group of ruffians and took his wife into the book in return. The father and daughter have been on the run since, for the villains of Tintenherz, Capricorn and Basta, aim to capture Mo and exploit his ability for accumulating their wealth. The influence of Michael Ende is apparent, in moments when Meggie’s inspects the cover of a book titled Tintenherz, which mirrors how Bastian examines the appearance of the book Die unendliche Geschichte before he immerses himself into reading it. Meggie finds herself strangely drawn to and intimidated by his father’s copy of a fantasy novel named Tintenherz. When the villains kidnap Mo, Meggie decides to embark upon a journey to find …show more content…
He immediately takes Buchheim to his liking, by saying „Hier schienen Leben und Literatur identisch zu sein, alles kreiste um das gedruckte Wort. Das war meine Stadt. Das war meine neue Heimat.“ Every corner draws a series of exaltations from this bumbling dinosaur. Yet, he still encounters experiences that alienate him from his surroundings. A dinosaur may initially appear as a normal occurrence in Moers’ fictional world of Zamonien, a realm that is occupied by hybrids of multiple mythical and animal species; however, these peculiar residents continue to single out Mythenmetz and associate him with his birthplace, Lindwurmfeste. Mythenmetz is continuously taunted by the fact that he has not written anything even though he originates from Lindwurmfeste. This is expressed in the recurring phrase in Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher as “horror vacui,” which the protagonist defines as “der Angst vor dem leeren Blatt
The core paradigm of a reader being able to intercept and change the real and the fantastic realm resonates throughout it as well. Tintenherz revolves around a book-loving girl Meggie, whose father Mo can bring any character or object of a book to life by his oral storytelling. Mo renounces and hides his ability, because his reading of a book named Tintenher once summoned a group of ruffians and took his wife into the book in return. The father and daughter have been on the run since, for the villains of Tintenherz, Capricorn and Basta, aim to capture Mo and exploit his ability for accumulating their wealth. The influence of Michael Ende is apparent, in moments when Meggie’s inspects the cover of a book titled Tintenherz, which mirrors how Bastian examines the appearance of the book Die unendliche Geschichte before he immerses himself into reading it. Meggie finds herself strangely drawn to and intimidated by his father’s copy of a fantasy novel named Tintenherz. When the villains kidnap Mo, Meggie decides to embark upon a journey to find …show more content…
He immediately takes Buchheim to his liking, by saying „Hier schienen Leben und Literatur identisch zu sein, alles kreiste um das gedruckte Wort. Das war meine Stadt. Das war meine neue Heimat.“ Every corner draws a series of exaltations from this bumbling dinosaur. Yet, he still encounters experiences that alienate him from his surroundings. A dinosaur may initially appear as a normal occurrence in Moers’ fictional world of Zamonien, a realm that is occupied by hybrids of multiple mythical and animal species; however, these peculiar residents continue to single out Mythenmetz and associate him with his birthplace, Lindwurmfeste. Mythenmetz is continuously taunted by the fact that he has not written anything even though he originates from Lindwurmfeste. This is expressed in the recurring phrase in Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher as “horror vacui,” which the protagonist defines as “der Angst vor dem leeren Blatt