Josh Blake Blog on The amber spyglass By Philip Pullman

Josh Blake Blog on The amber spyglass By Philip Pullman

The amber spyglass
Philip Pullman

In the novel The Amber Spyglass which is the third and final book of the His Dark Materials series. The novel opens with Lyra Belacqua being kidnapped and hidden with her mother, Mrs. Coulter, within the hills of the Himalayans in a dark cave above a village. Lyra and her demon Pan are forced to take a drug that makes them sleep. They get food from a village girl who brings them supplies she has no idea that Lyra is there against her will she just thinks that she is really tired all the time. Will Parry tries to save Lyra from Mrs. Coulter but does not realize that the church, Lord Asriel, and him are all trying to get Lyra. Will finally manages to get Lyra away from Mrs. Coulter. They escape to the ghost world where they meet all souls of dead people. Lyra and Will decide to free the souls so that they can be at rest, to do this Will cuts a window into another world where the souls vaporize from the sun which sets them free. Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel die because they fall into a giant pit whilst fighting an angle. Lyra and Will discover that they are in love but just as they realize this they have to go back to their own worlds to live out the rest of their lives.

The themes at work in this book are fighting for freedom, maturing, death, and knowledge.

The language that was used was that of two maturing individuals with growing knowledge of the world around them and trying to use new word that they pick up along the way. I think that it was very effective.

The issues that were raised in this book were maturing, dealing with death, religion, and trust this has pertained to me and others similar to my point of view.

I have not noticed any similarities to something that we have done in class.

I think that to make this book more interesting that author had to talk a little bit more about how the souls got to the place where they were.

Yes, I would recommend this book to other people in my class and to older generations to.

Josh Blake