5/30/2023 0 Comments The chronicles of prydainStory deals with the same questions as theology, philosophy, psychology. The raw materials of story are the raw materials of all human cultures.involvement in Vietnam – as quoted in Lloyd Alexander (1991) by Jill P. Our only hope for tomorrow is peace now.And an openness to compassion, love and mercy, is as essential to us here and now as it is to any inhabitant of an imaginary kingdom. In whatever guise-our own daily nightmares of war, intolerance, inhumanity or the struggles of an Assistant Pig-Keeper against the Lord of Death-the problems are agonizingly familiar. At heart, the issues raised in a work of fantasy are those we face in real life."Wishful Thinking – Or Hopeful Dreaming?" (1968). Fantasy, by its power to move us so deeply, to dramatize, even melo-dramatize, morality, can be one of the most effective means of establishing a capacity for adult values.But, once established, the equation must hold throughout the story. In the algebra of fantasy, A times B doesn't have to equal B times A."The Flat-Heeled Muse", Horn Book Magazine (1 April 1965).The muse in charge of fantasy wears good, sensible shoes.Fifty Years in the Doghouse (1964), p.But in the long run, the best protection is the human heart.
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