Summary Sultan

I did the final chapter summary and i have decided that i should "BRAINSTORM" the main ideas. 

• Lyra finally catches up to Lord Asriel.
• Lyra comes close to a meltdown. She's alone, afraid, and doesn't know what to do. But she and Pan soldier on.
• Lyra sees that Lord Asriel is controlling the Aurora and that he has a witch helping him.
• Pan attacks the snow leopard, and Roger and Lyra manage to get loose.
• The snow leopard gets Roger's daemon, though, and Lord Asriel puts a wire on it.
• They can't run. The cliff slides away beneath them.
• Roger goes limp. As he does, "the vault of heaven, star-studded, profound, was pierced as if by a spear" (23.46).
• Roger is dead.
• All of a sudden, the other world appears. Lyra can see sunlight.
• Then Mrs. Coulter appears. She and Lord Asriel have a love/hate thing going on, and they kiss cruelly.
• Pan points out that if all these nasty people think Dust is bad, then it's probably good. After all, everything Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, and the Gobblers have done to destroy it is evil and wrong.
• He asks her to go with him to the other world. After much melodrama, she does not. She says her place is in this world.
• Mrs. Coulter goes back down the mountain, and Lord Asriel crosses over into the other world.
• That leaves Lyra alone with Pan. What should she do?
• They have to save Dust.
• Roger is yelling out her name. His daemon is being held in the snow leopard daemon's mouth.
• Lyra decides Pan is right. Together, the two cross over into the other world.

Word Warlock: The Golden Compass

1. Oblation:
Oblation is used as a noun in the text.
Oblation is defined in the dictionary as: "the act of making an offering, especially to a deity"
Oblation is defined by ME as: "the act of giving something up"
Synonyms of oblation include: offering, sacrifice, and giving.
Oblation (which will be underlined) is used in the text in the following line: "I heard someone say who the Gobblers were, they were called the General Oblation Board" (Pullman 118).

2. Wields:
Wields is used as a noun in the text.
Wields is defined in the dictionary as: "To exercise (authority or influence, for example) effectively."
Wields is defined by ME as: "To handle with ease"
Synonyms of wield include: to handle, to use, or to maintain.
Wields (which will be underlined) is used in the text in the following line: "As for what it's against - the story is against those who pervert and misuse religion, or any other kind of doctrine with a holy book and a priesthood and an apparatus of power that wields unchallengeable authority, in order to dominate and suppress human freedoms."

3. Scorn:
Scorn is used as an adjective in the text.
Scorn is defined in the dictionary as: "To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy."
Scorn is defined by ME as: "To mistreat"
Synonyms of scorn include: to reject, or to refuse.
Scorn (which will be underlined) is used in the text in the following line: "That's the duty of the old,' said the Librarian, 'to be anxious on the behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.'
They sat for a while longer, and then parted, for it was late, and they were old and anxious."

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The Golden Compass

Author: Philip Pullman

Pages: 230- 399

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The Armored Connection

This picture represents Lyra riding Iorek Byrnison. Lyra and Iorek Byrnison gone through different situations together. In the beautiful night with Aurora above her, Lyra got used to ride Iorek, they were going to the village in the north to find out more about Gobblers and Dust. With Iorek Byrnison Lyra met Tony Makarios, a half child, and just because Iorek was with her she overcome a fear of knowing a human being without daemon. Lyra started to love and admire Iorek. She even helped Iorek to become a king of the armor bears. When Iorek Byrnison fought with Iofur Raknison Lyra was sad because Iorek Byrnison was hurt. Iorek also helped her when she fought with Gobblers and helped her to save kidnapped kids. Also, riding on Iorek Lyra wanted save Rodger from her father. Iorek helped Lyra to have self-confidence and to overcome her fear. With Iorek Byrnison Lyra went through many adventures but also he protected her from many dangerous situation. That powerful connection between armored bear and Lyra is very important in this book because it helped Lyra to grow up.

Danger! Danger! Fun Facts...
The American Library Association ranked The Golden Compass second in the top 10 books that people have tried to ban across America. Most concerns and censorships are about witches and daemons that are promoting godlessness. In 2008 this book was banned at Halton (Ontario, Canada) Catholic Schools but it was available to students upon request. Detractors banned the book for being ‘anti-God, anti-Catholic, and anti-religion." In 2008, at the Conkwright Middle School in Winchester (KY) parents wanted to ban the book because the main character drinks wine and eats poppy with her meal which is anti-Christian doctrine. 

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Title: “The Golden Compass”

Author: Philip Pullman

Pages: 0-230

Job: Question Commander

 I apologize for posting so late, but I didn’t have internet. Although I finished my post on time I couldn’t post it. Again I apologize and hope this post will count.

1.       1. What do daemons represent in this book?

I think that daemons are like house pets, but they are more than that. Daemons show the human soul and their social status. For example, the servants’ daemon is often a dog which represents the obedience and loyalty that they own. Growing up every daemon changes the shape until the owner has fixed personality.  Lord Asriel’s daemon is beautiful snow leopard that shows his power and authority. Lyra’s daemon changes in different shapes depending on her mood as well as situations. When Lyra first met with alethiometer her daemon (Pan) changed shape into mouse, because Lyra was curious to find how it works. While Lyra was in dangerous situations Pan changed into wildcat. From this we can see that human’s daemons represent owner’s soul, in fact they are their soul.

2.       2.  Why do witches help Lyra in her adventure?

Witches do not live beyond humans instead they live in far north. They are not interested in human lives but their clans often have wars with one another. They do not follow rules of the Church and they are not especially interested in Dust. Witches fly through the Aurora, so they have access to the ‘whispers’ that told them about Lyra’s destiny. Witches live much longer than humans and they believe that life begin in moment Eve’s fall. They also believe that Lyra is another Eve whose destiny is to save the world. The main witch, Serafina Pekkala, helps Lyra because of her love with Farder Coram who saved her life but also because of Lyra’s importance for the world.

3.       3. Why does only Lyra think that Dust is good?

From the first moment Lyra heard about Dust in Jordan College she becomes obsessed with it. She finds out on any possible way more things about Dust. From the moment Ms. Coulter said word Dust Lyra admires her. Being with Ms. Coulter Lyra learns many bad things about Dust. But being with gyptians Lyra hears story about her parents who are exploring Dust too. Even though she is frightened Lyra rescues kids from evil Gobblers who explore Dust. Losing her friend and passing through many bad situations Lyra realizes that people who explore Dust are evil and they think that Dust is bad which does not mean that’s truth. Seeing what Dust can do Lyra thinks that Dust is actually good.

THE GOLDEN COMPASS BY PHILIP PULLMAN, 3ND ROTATION

This week my job is Connection Captain, I should write my personal connection with book.

I am not sure that I have really good connection with this book, but here is something that  I have!

As we know Lyra has her daemon, it is not basically her best friend, but it is something that is here for her. So in my old school were one girl, she came when I was 8th grade in 7th grade. She was new and she never wonted to talk with other, she was like a mystic girl, and  she always during lunch break was going around school in places that are prohibited for students, because she was interested in, as Lyra. And also really interesting was that she had a something like her daemon, it was something with what she was talking, that other kids can hear, but it was something like her friend as daemon for Lyra.

Also from book we understood that touching other daemons is something that is taboo, so she was always telling us that we have daemons also, but that we don't want to find them. So boys were like joking about here daemon and like touching it, so she was angry and it was something that was for us so funny, but after reading this book, maybe it is true, and maybe every one has one daemon.

We finally finish reading this book. I really like it. I like both books. Both are interesting I can't chose which book is better. For me bot books are fantastic. I hope that other group members have pretty same opinion! 

Question Commander: The Golden Compass

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Question Commander

1.)  Based on what you have read in The Golden Compass, what would you consider Daemons to be?

Personally, I believe that a Daemon is the part of a person that is creative, unique, and original.  Children often have much more free imagination than adults.  They are the ones who play "pretend" and think up things adults would never dream of because as you grow older, your mind become more and more encased in reality.  I believe that this is why Daemons take on permanent shapes when children hit puberty, because they lose some of the creativity and imagination that they had before.  Also, at Bolvangar, the nurses are described as "bland" and "blank", and Lyra calls their Daemons "little trotting pets".  Later, she learns from Mrs. Coulter that the nurses have undergone Intercision, and that is why they have this blank feel.

2.)  Why do you think that there is a Taboo on touching other peoples' Daemons?

I believe that this Taboo is in place, because a person's Daemon is a part of their soul.  Touching a Daemon that is not yours is literally touching someone else' soul.  The breach of privacy that occurs when your Daemon is touched by someone else must be so awful that it is unthinkable even to try doing it.  When the man in Bolvangar grabs Pantalaimon after Lyra is discovered in the ceiling, she immediately goes limp.  The first few sentences after that scene are broken up: "wrong," "not supposed to touch," etc.  This makes it obvious that touching someone else' Daemon is reaching into that person's soul. 

3.)  How is Lyra able to trick Iofur Raknison, even after Iorek Byrnison told her that it was impossible for her to trick a bear?

This is already stated in the book, but I think that it is a very significant point to bring up anyway.  Iofur Raknison is able to be tricked into thinking that Lyra is a Daemon because he does not want to be human.  His yearning for a Daemon of his own blinds him to reality.  He tries so hard to be human - decorating himself in gold, attempting to start an institute, holding a doll on his lap as a Daemon... Because he has given up on his true nature, he can be tricked the way humans can be tricked, whereas Iorek Byrnison is proud to be a bear, and stays true to what he really is, so he cannot be lied to. 

Line Illuminator: The Golden Compass / Northern Lights

So this week I had to find 2 extracts that I believe I could use to examine the novel The Golden Compass. In true formalities: you can find the above below.

Line 1: "We are all subject to fates. But we must act as if we are not," said the witch, "or die of despair. There is a curious prophecy about this child: she is destined to bring about thee end of destiny. But she must do so without knowing what she is doing, as if it were her nature and not her destiny to do it. If she's told what she must do, it will all fail; death will sweep through all the worlds; it will be the triumph of despair forever. The universes will all become nothing more than interlocking machines, blind and empty of thought, feeling and life..." (Pullman 310)

This is a very confusing extract if you simply skim over it and keep reading, however if you actually take the time to delve into its meaning and think about it, you can begin to understand what Serafina Pekkala is saying. The passage contradicts the idea of this whole quest being Lyra's destiny and it tries to put it under the light of instinct. When Serafina says "if she's told what she must do, it will all fail" she is pointing towards the fact that Lyra is doing this for adventure and the opportunity to better the world, rather than change it's future. Even at the closing of the novel, she still sees no destiny in her quest, only to prevent evil and as I've stated before; embetter the world.

Line 2: "So Lyra and her dæmon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked toward the sun, and walked into the sky." (Pullman 399)

Yes, it is the last line in the entire novel, but it is meaningful. Lyra and Pantalaimon are now heading off to tackle something even greater than the world, something far greater than them. They are forgetting the world of lies and hatred, and they are looking towards a glistening and bright future (the sun) and they are ready to take on a vast new array of challenges and mysteries (the sky).