THE

PURPOSES
OF
FANTASY

NATALIE
BABBITT

By: Tyler Nguyen

 "WE ARE ATTRACTED BY THE HERO, WHO
FACES EVIL, WHO MAY EVEN DANCE ON ITS
TEETH AND STILL SURVIVE. FOR THE HERO,
OF COURSE, IS US. THESE STORIES,
HOWEVER THEY ARE PRESENTED, ACT OUT
ENCOUNTERS WITH DISASTER. MANY
CHARACTERS WILL BE MAULED, BURNED,
DROWNED, OR DRAWN AND QUARTERED,
BUT NOT THE HERO - NOT US - BECAUSE
THE HERO KNOWS HOW TO PLACATE EVIL."
-NATALIE BABBITT
 “IMAGINATION IS
EVERYTHING. IT IS THE
PREVIEW OF LIFE'S
COMING ATTRACTIONS.”
-ALBERT EINSTEIN
 “Fantasy is escapist, and
FREEDOM that is its glory. If a soldier
is imprisioned by the
enemy, don't we consider
it his duty to escape?. . .If
we value the freedom of
mind and soul, if we're
partisans of liberty, then
it's our plain duty to
escape, and to take as
many people with us as we
can!”
-J.R.R TOLKIEN
 “IMAGINATION IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN
KNOWLEDGE. FOR
KNOWLEDGE IS LIMITED
TO ALL WE KNOW AND
IMPORTANCE
UNDERSTAND, WHILE
IMAGINATION EMBRACES
THE ENTIRE WORLD, AND
ALL THERE EVER WILL
BE TO KNOW AND
UNDERSTAND.”
-MICHAEL SCOTT
 THE NEED FOR FANTASY COMES FROM
QUESTIONS WITH NO OBSERVABLE
ANSWERS IN OUR PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.
FANTASY SUGGESTS ANSWERS TO THESE
QUESTIONS AND HELP US UNDERSTAND
REALITY.
 "WE LIVE EVERYDAY
WITH HOPES LARGE
AND SMALL, FOR FEW
OF US BELIEVE THAT
OUR LIVES ARE
PERFECT...
FANTASY LITERATURE
LETS US SHARE THE HOPE
HERO'S HOPES AND
EVENTUAL TRIUMPH
-NATALIE BABBIT
 FANTASIES
LEAVE US WITH
NOTES OF HOPE
FOR THE TRIALS
TO COME

INSPIRATION
Works Cited:
http://e-nklings-revschuldheisz.blogspot.com/2012/01/christmas-and-
last-battle.html
https://imgur.com/gallery/9XKtv
https://mymodernmet.com/jason-ratliff-super-shadows-ii/
https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/407294360045863075/?lp=true
https://www.designzzz.com/i-was-stunned-after-seeing-this-double-
exposure-photography/
https://www.hackerearth.com/practice/data-structures/stacks/basics-of-
stacks/practice-problems/algorithm/monk-and-prisoner-of-
azkaban/description/
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/imagined-worlds
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/means-overcome-obstacle
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/fantasy
Echoes: Fiction, Media, non-fiction pg. 422-425