Northern Lights
Transcript: But seriously... some much better than PowerPoint Plot focus Convincing, Engrossing Narrative Characters become secondary Episodic So how does Pullman create these complex characters? Why does Pullman decide to challenge the genre with these complex characters? "JK Rowling and Pullman together dominate children's fiction. This is a capricious market, and Pullman's stories are seen as intellectually sounder, the more heavyweight read in a world where children's fiction is read by adults" Lord Asriel "After many pages, one starts to find the style oddly bland and characterless; ultimately it comes to seem, like other things in The Lord of the Rings, anemic, and lacking in fiber" Archetypal characters & Contradictions ...this is because I was granted permission to use Prezi.com by one Miss Renee Meyer: Richard Jenkyns: Northern Lights Challenging a Genre If you think this presentation looks familiar... Archetypes - "a primordial image, character, or pattern of circumstances that recurs throughout literature and thought consistently enough to be considered a universal concept or situation." - Britannica Online Encyclopaedia For example: the Master could be seen as the wise old man, while Lord Asriel as the fatherly figure. In all these archetypes, each is generally seen as good or evil. Pullman depicts behaviour that contradicts the archetypes of his characters, thereby creating depth. TA-DA!!! Our first impression of Asriel is from Lyra's point of view: "The visitor mentioned by the Master, Lord Asriel, was her uncle, a man whom she admired and feared greatly." Contradicts this impression in the final chapter, where Asriel sacrifices Lyra's friend Billy to open the portal to the other worlds. This revelation at the climax, creates a clear contrast with the previously established notions of his character and as a result, has the reader re-examine his true motives. So Baadddd Dina Rabinovitch Elements of Fantasy Genre