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    a character that is living in a fantasy, Mrs. King and the father, respectively. The characters’ fantasies affect themselves and the people around them, either helping or harming them. Fantasy can be helpful to the ones who are living in it because of the ignorance to reality and the control over their life that it brings, but fantasy can be harmful to the ones around them as well because of how taxing it can be to keep up with. However, eventually, the fantasies wear out, and the truth always begins

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    myth in order to provide readers with an understandable fantasy realm, while also providing a look at how these aspects can mesh together in a unique and fresh way. His use of

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    Fantasy theme came from the concept of group communication, but then Ernest Bormann developed the theme to provide insight into how worldviews are shared. In the book there are two worldviews, but the worldviews have to come together. The first worldview is Christians’ and the second worldview is Anastasias’ and both of them have to be able to find a way to share their worldviews. The first assumption is communication creates reality, which makes it seem real. In the book, Christian takes care

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    Fantasy is a genre rife with vivid worldbuilding, whether an island paradise or a fantastical medieval-inspired land of dragons. Worldbuilding is so important to the genre because fantasy provides an escape from reality, bending the laws of nature to create somewhere the reader would want to escape to. This is especially prevalent in children’s literature, allowing children to leave behind the boring real world for an exciting adventure led by someone they can identify with, a child like themselves

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    Fantasy is the ability to imagine a world that is different from real life, a world without imagination would just be dull and gray. The classic fantasy The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a story written by L. Frank Baum. Frank Baum lived in the United States through the late 1800s and early 1900s experiencing the extreme growth period in America at the time. Viewing the story through Marxist criticism allows readers to read between the lines of Frank Baum and distinguish hints of America’s issues at

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    The element of fantasy is magical which is out of this world actions or people that is in many stories. The element of fantasy has been in many stories from the past and in many stories today. The element of fantasy has been a major part of life and writing for many years and still is relevant in today’s world and will be relevant for many years to come, a great example of a popular story with elements of fantasy is the lord of the rings and Morte d'Arthur where it has a sword called the Excalibur

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    Fantasy Story Outline

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    Fantasy Story Outline – Template 1. Dramatic Premise: I’m going to be conveying the idea that there are different dimensions in our universe that can be reached through entering a form of sleep paralysis. Those from the real world explain the interaction between dimensions as being paranormal activity. However, the entities in the different dimensions are growing stronger in the real world and most of their intentions are to cause disorder as they seek to take over all dimensions. These entities

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    the most important characteristic of a fantasy story is its ability to encourage the readers to willingly suspend their disbelief in the impossible while they are reading. In order to answer the topic question, I chose one story for each of the three fantasy setting categories (primary, secondary, and combination). For the primary fantasy setting, I chose “The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu because its setting really made me forget that I was reading a fantasy story, and because this is the only story

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    the ones you are currently reading about. The fantasy novel in you hands continues down the path of predictability. The cliches are getting old, and you’re considering abandoning the book at the foot of a library, much like a parent who leaves unwanted children at the foot of an orphanage or church. The fantasy genre is a genre that gives the writer a lot of potential, but writers today aren’t utilizing the tools that the genre grants them. Fantasy allows writers to handcraft unique worlds. Worlds

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    description as the novel went on. Tolkien’s world is complicated, with many mountain ranges, plains, deserts, jungles, and forests, and the rich description helps to keep them straight and also helps the reader imagine the world of Middle-Earth. Generally fantasy books that are written for children have less information and more action, but not this one. This book is written with many long and occasionally some made-up words. The names, for example the name Galadriel, are made of odd letters and have strange

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