The Northern Lights by Philip Pullman Book 1 blog review.

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The Northern Lights by Philip Pullman Book 1 blog review.

Northern Lights is one of three books written by Philip Pullman following the adventures of Lyra Bacquela and here daemon Pantalaimon. The book begins in Jordan College, Oxford where Lyra is an average 11-year-old girl who likes to play with her friend Roger Parslow and has no regard for the old scholars that try to teach her Math’s, English, ect... Lyra soon becomes aware of Dust (not regular old dust) that only is attracted to adults and not children. Soon stories of children disappearing and being sent to the north by a group nicknamed ‘Gobbler’s’ because they gobble children up and take them away Roger Parslow was one of those kids. So Lyra sets out on a trip to find Roger and all the other missing children she meets her mother, goes on a trip to the north with gypsies, makes friends with a Polar Bear and frees her friend roger and the others not knowing she is putting him in more danger because of her father. The church in this world has a lot more say in politics and over all government doings.

The themes in the book that I read was Religion the church vs. science, Power Struggle between Lyra’s mother and father, and Separation from Jordan college, Roger Parslow, and her parents.

The type of language the that author use was that of a young girl and point of view that the author used was that of Lyra’s but it sometimes jumped back and forth to follow a characters description more in depth.

The issues that were raised in this book were religion, scientific development, and growing up. I think that the growing up part of this book pertains to me and other adolescents because we all have to grow up sooner or later.

I have not noticed similarities to the work we have studied in class thus far except for some rhetorical devices.

I think that the author could have improved his book if he put more description and emphasis on how polar bears learned to talk and use weapons. He could of also talked a little more about the holding camp in the north where the gobblers took all the children.

Yes, I would defiantly recommend this book to other people.

Josh Blake