Fantasy world

Fantasy Chapter book 1. In the Keifer textbook, they name several fantasy elements. I chose to read The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall because I have always enjoyed the supernatural. This book follows a young orphan as she moves in with her uncle and aunt and begins to be visited by the ghost of her late cousin. The main element of fantasy for this particular novel would be the supernatural element. 2. The author is able to make the story believable by making the main character relatable to many…

When you think fiction, your mind probably goes to a fantasy fiction book, right? Well, the book, Jeremy Visick, by David Wiseman, gives you a lot of fantasy, and a little bit of mystery mixed together. Within the book, you will read about Matthew Clemens. After Matthew was sent out to get blackberries, he falls over the bushes and land on a tombstone. He reads this tombstone and the tombstone belongs to a family called, The Visicks. On this tombstone it talks about how a miner and his two sons…

What we enjoy as a child shapes who we become. For example, what we read as a kid might affect what we like to read today. Or for some people, it could be completely different. It is fascinating to see how your interests change throughout the years. By thinking back through the years about the types of books you have read, you can see what got you where you are today. When I was really young, my parents would always read to me; even when I couldn’t understand what was going on.…

actually occur. However, although “Young Goodman Brown” is a fantasy story, “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” is not. A fantasy story is one in which the events depicted do not occur in real life. One may automatically argue that if this definition is used for fantasy, then “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” must be considered a fantasy story since deceased babies do not visit their dying mothers. However, this visit does not constitute a fantasy story because the visit is merely a…

Young children are unable to fathom the difference between fact and fantasy and there are various factors that contribute to this theory. A study published in the journal, Cognitive Science, consists of children between the ages of five and six and their ability to identify the nature of the protagonist in three different stories: reality-based, fantasy-based, and religious-based was questioned (Corriveau, Chen, & Harris, 2015). The results indicated that children exposed to religion or raised…

But this book does not offer a single page of original and unpublished work. What then is the need, now, for such a book? (Beren and Lúthien 11) That, as a Danish prince once said, is the question. There are, indeed, no words of J. R. R. Tolkien here that have not already appeared in The Silmarillion or The History of Middle-earth, and there are many which have been left out. As Christopher points out in the preface, this particular tale changed dramatically over the years, becoming more and…

Persona series when I was 16. Persona 4 was on sale at GameStop and I had to get my mom to buy it because I was not old enough. During this point in my life, I was struggling with a multitude of issues including existential crises, fitting in with the world, and most importantly, my sexual identity. After reading the back label for information on the game, I thought it was perfect. A bizarre murder mystery is just what I needed to escape reality. Or so I thought. The story begins with the main…

published in 1986 by Harper Collins publisher. It is the first book of The Land of Ingary trilogy, along with Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways. Howl’s Moving Castle has 232 pages and consists of 21 chapters in total. This novel is regarded as a fantasy novel since it features a strong presence of magic. Since magic is the key element of the novel, its presence has a strong connection with other elements of the novel, especially with the character. For that reason, this novel is selected…

Elfin’ Around A world without fairy tales and folklore is a world drained of imagination. They started as a way for the Greeks to explain the unknown and teach others right from wrong. It continued in different parts of the world and evolved differently but overall introduced more imagination. Some mythology was added into religion and beliefs while some were stories that encaptured more “unrealistic beings.” As time went on, societies were established and more stories were shared and…

Figurative Language, Symbolism, and Stereotypes in Fairy Tales A fairy tale is defined as “a traditional story, usually written for children, which often involves imaginary creatures and magic” (dictionary.cambridge.org). Fairy tales are usually filled with a range of literary elements, but for this essay I will discuss three different types of literary devices, figurative language, stereotype, and symbolism, and give examples of each from the stories “Little Red-Cap” and “The Juniper Tree” by…