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Every Trip Is A Quest Chapter 1 Summary

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Chapter 1 - Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not)
The five aspects of the quest are: a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials en route, and a real reason to go there. In Matilda, this can be seen:
Our quester: 6 year old girl, quiet, obedient, doesn’t like her family, very smart.
A place to go: The library is a sacred place for Matilda.
A stated reason to go there: Matilda finds out that she loves to read and the library is where she can learn about pastimes or the endless fiction-made stories.
Challenges and trials: Matilda’s parents have made it especially hard for Matilda to enjoy her time reading, they don’t believe that people should spend their time reading books. In addition to her slimy parents causing trouble, Miss Trunchbull also finds it hard to accept Matilda for the learning-loving girl that she is.
The real reason to go: The library, or books rather, allow Matilda to escape her reality. She be transformed into another world at 4PM and due to her quick reading, she can be a completely different person at 7PM. Books have given Matilda a way to escape from her nightmare of a life without actually ever leaving.

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