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The Golden Compass

Author: Philip Pullman

Pages: 230- 399

Illustration Artist

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.