Fantasy reflects a spiritual quest of self discovery and the importance of human relationships
Fantasy reflects a spiritual quest of self-discovery and the importance of human relationships. Fantasy is a common theme for movies and novels in our present day. This essay is proving the point that in fantasy reflects a spiritual quest of self-discovery and the importance of human relationships. This essay will discuss what this statement means, what many fantasy texts contain (their structure), and finally how this statement is shown in the movie “Neverending Story” and the novel “Harry Potter”. ... There are many different definitions of fantasy, many which are true but are hard to understand. A few different definition taken from different sources include ‘Fantasy, form of literature that describes the impossible and makes little or no attempt to achieve realistic effects.’ - Encarta encyclopaedia 2002 edition, ‘A genre of fiction involving fantastic stories, often in a magical pseudo-historical setting’- Nelsons dictionary, ‘Stories that concern themselves with the impossible things, supernatural, magical, wish fulfilling events or places or entities are generally known as Fantasy’ - The Ultimate Encyclopaedia of Science Fiction. Now what does ‘spiritual quest’ mean? Spiritual is defined as ‘concerning the mind or spirit of man, not having to do with material things: concerning God or religion. ... Quest is defined as ‘a search or the act of seeking something’ by the Macquarie dictionary.