The Golden Compass

Throughout The Golden Compass, the topic of fantasy is explored and applied to the storyline directly. From talking polar bears to bizarre personal companions, this novel certainly emphasizes the imaginative aspect of literature. The Golden Compass, written by Philip Pullman, is one of three books in the series titled His Dark Materials which exemplifies the nature of the fantasy genre by detailing completely absurd and surreal events (Pullman 2-198). In The Golden Compass, the protagonist, Lyra, and her daemon go on an exhilarating adventure from their home in Oxford looking for answers. Along the way, they encounter and interact with a variety of characters. These characters come to mold the plot of the novel and have a significant effect on the storyline. Not only do the characters affect the storyline, but they also gravely add to the fantastical aspect of the novel by being fundamentally involved in the absurd events that dictate the novel 's plot ("The Golden Compass."). To further evaluate the plot, the influential characters must be analyzed on their own. The two main characters in this novel are…

In The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman, Lyra is an ordinary child from Oxford’s Jordan College living with her uncle at Oxford’s Jordan College in a parallel universe where people’s souls are portrayed by an animal or daemon in physical form. But like every other child, she is very curious, and this leads to her being brought into an amazing journey nobody could have imagined. It all started when she realized what power in society can do. After learning about a project involving Dust, which…

People can achieve something great by banning together people are more powerful than they would be as individuals in the novel Lyddie is a fictional novel about the industrial revolution a time where people transferred over from handmade goods to machined goods in the book a mother who isn't in their right state of mind forcefully sends her too kids to work to pay a debt their father had left all those years ago however when the main character Lyddie is fired she goes to work in the factories to…

When you grow you will find that you have to make different decisions in your life some harder than others and some simpler than others. In the novel Lyddie by Katherine Paterson. The story is about a girl named Lyddie her mom and her 2 sister left to live on their aunts farm and her mom sold Lyddie and her brother to work. Lyddie started to work at a mill as a maid then she was transfer to a weaving room and her brother to work on a farm to pay det of her family. While there are many reasons…

Neil Gaiman’s novel The Golden Compass was brought to life in a film. While the film is a great representation of the novel, there were distinct differences between the two; such as the means surrounding the alethiometer, and the ending. The movie was an adaptation of the novel, so obviously there would be differences. But some of the changes made were not for the best intention of the story. Both platforms of the story portrayed the plot well, but the book was far superior to the movie. As…

The first lesson of two units will focus on symbolism which will help students understand the relevance of symbolic meanings of words and events in the story. Students will learn about plot, theme, motif, tone, mood, and genre. Students will identify text and the similarities to the text and events through the author’s point of view. Students will also compare and contrast characters’ experiences in the novel and explain how it may or may not defined their own way of thinking. Principle 1 (1…

yra Silvertongue [formerly Lyra Belacqua]: Lyra is the main protagonist and a dynamic character in the Golden Compass. She has dark blonde hair and pale blue eyes. Her dæmon is Pantalaimon who hasn’t settled in a permanent form yet. Dæmons are the physical form of a person’s soul. As a child they often change form, but after the child grows up, their dæmon establishes a permanent form. Lyra is the estranged daughter of Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel, who both basically got rid of her, and…

as our thoughts are still with us, just in a different form. Surely, the only thing that matters are the thoughts are still there in some form. In Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass, the humans have inseparable…

Both “The Golden Compass” and “Diamond as Big as the Ritz” deal with the theme of betrayal in contrasting ways. On one hand, Lyra tries the whole book to save Roger and in the end is his downfall, but Percy betrays John from the start and ends up dead instead. The novel “The Golden Compass” by Philip Pullman and the short story “Diamond as Big as the Ritz” by F. Scott Fitzgerald involve important deceptions which result in death. Death is inevitable in the stories as it portrays the foundations…

Although the design of a compass has changed over time it has always had the same four needles including North, East, South, and West. The first compass was simply a magnetized needle attached to a piece of wood or cork like thing. The middle card in the middle shows the directions. As the needle would settle, the marked end would point toward magnetic north. But as engineers and scientists did more research about magnetism in conclusion to that the combination changed into fleur-de lis design,…