[LM_NET] Golden Compass

[Laura Brooks <brooksla@NORTHVILLE.K12.MI.US>]

Hi,

I immensely enjoyed the "His Dark Materials"; I think one of the
reasons we haven't heard a lot about Pullman is because he published
first in his native UK, and his books are a little more literary than, I
daresay, J.K. Rowling.

While Pullman is vocal in his criticism of organized religion, I think
his writing works on a metaphorical level as well; his criticism of the
Church can be applied to any other dogma. In fact, I think he's
skeptical of science too. BTW, I think the Daemon is representative of
the soul; the ancient Greeks interpreted it as "divine power"- Plato
associated it with wisdom. Remember, in the books, the daemons are very
intuitive, and people really suffer when separated from them. I don't
think that would be the case if they were evil.

 http://www.philip-pullman.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=12

My 2 cents!

Laura


















Laura Brooks
Library Media Teacher
Amerman Elementary School
Northville, MI
brooksla@northville.k12.mi.us

"Unless someone like you cares a whole lot,
nothing is going to get better. It's not."
 -The Lorax, Dr. Seuss

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