From The Golden Compass to The Golden Compass.
The Golden Compass is the first installment of Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, three books that set out to rewrite John Milton's epic 17th century poem Paradise Lost. Milton's poem is famous for dramatizing in poetry Satan's pride, the story of humans being booted out of the Garden of Eden, notions of original sin, and loss of innocence.
But the plot of the film was very much like the plot of the book (to a similar level of the first couple of Harry Potter films). The main difference of the film from the book was the fact that a lot was explicitly in the film in dialogue and voice-overs which was only hinted at, or revealed much more slowly in the book.
The Golden Compass and Philosophy: God Bites the Dust looks at the philosophical questions posed by Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials fantasy series. Featuring 13 articles, various authors discuss, among other things, how Pullmans Authority measures up to the Judeo-Christian God, the cosmology of the series, and whether death is bad.
The Golden Compass forms the first part of a story in three volumes. The first volume is set in a universe like ours, but different in many ways. The second volume is set partly in the universe we know. The third volume will move between the universes. PART ONE OXFORD 0NE THE DECANTER OF TOKAY.
The most offensive thing about the Church in His Dark Materials is its relentless quest to ensure ignorance. Beginning with Adam and Eve and the forbidden tree of knowledge, God and the Church have sought to prevent people from becoming freethinking adults by trying to restrict knowledge.
NSJ's are due Friday, February 14th. Novel Study Journals (NSJ's): daily reflections and comprehension questions related to the text. To be submitted at the end of the unit of study. The NSJ should be professionally bound and labelled upon submission.
Published in 40 countries, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy--The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass--has graced the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Book Sense, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists.In 1996, The Golden Compass changed the face of fantasy publishing, and 2006 marks its 10 Year Anniversary--and an opportunity to.