The neverending story

The neverending story (German original: novel of the same name Which Geschichte) is a book written by the German writer Michael Ende. The book was first published in 1979, and since then it has been translated to several languages. In 1983 the book won a Zilveren Griffel.

The main theme of the book is the healing power of Fantásia and Fantásia, symbolized by the way the real world be represented as substantially for each other's survival;they cannot exist without each other. The two parts of the book can also be seen as a model of the "hero's journey". The text on the back of the book, "do what you want", it means that one must do what one wants to substantially. Like Peter, one must search for the deepest hidden desire, and this ultimately deliver. At Bastiaan revealed this not the desire strong, brave, or to be wise, but the desire to love.



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[hide] *1 Content  ==Content[ Edit] == The main character of the book is a boy, Bastiaan Balthazar Bailey. Bastiaan is weighed down by the death of his mother and as a result, Saleh relationship with his father. He flees in his imagination and concocts stories. For this reason he is bullied at school and he is also stay put. To gymnastics has Bastiaan called the greatest hate: he is good in any sport and it is constantly being laughed at.
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One day he runs, on the run from a bunch of bullies, a small antique shop within. He has a brief conversation with the cranky antique dealer, that a book called "the neverending story" was reading. Bastiaan steals the book on a whim, and rushes over to school. Because he is late and is afraid that the antique dealer called police, he now hides in the attic and begins "the neverending story" to read.

Bastiaan is first portrayed as the reader of the book — an adventure story about the Fantásia, a rich country where all human fantasies and stories playback.

The little Empress is ill, and Fantásia is slowly being swallowed up by the "nothing". The little Empress sends a young Bailey to a resort for both to find her as Fantásia: the young Green skin Atréjoe. Atréjoes quest brings him to the swamps of sadness and the Southern Oracle, where he learns that a human child the little Empress a new name should give. He loses his horse Artax, but gets a new friend there: the geluksdraak Foechoer.

In the ghost town he comes to Gmork, a werewolf who Fantásia against was sent to kill Atréjoe. He is chained and powerless and submit Atréjoe, not knowing that he is Atréjoe, from his mission. By Fantásia in it nothing to deposit are sent into the human world, the inhabitants as lies and with lies one can people send. Gmork explains, "with you", so "be founded Empires". Eventually escapes Atréjoe together with Foechoer both to Gmork if out of nowhere, and know the little Empress to reach. The true purpose of his Odyssey: the experience of an adventure, that a human child would draw his attention whereby this could come to Fantásia.

As the story develops, it becomes clear, however, that a number of residents of Fantásia become aware of John, and that he is the key to the adventure that he is reading. He is the one who Fantásia wait. By the little Empress, he enters a new name (half way through the book) Fantásia the Empire itself. He begins to play an active role in the events that play there.

Bastiaan carries now, the AURYNamulet of the little Empress, and can all wish what he wants. He wishes itself beautiful, strong, brave and wise, although he also invents a large number of stories. He meets Atréjoe who is trying to help him, but (partly as a result of his own desire to make impression on Atréjoe) under the influence of the witch Xayiede. This tries to convince him that he should be, because the small little emperor Empress to succeed him would have made. Of course hopes to get its power through Bastiaan Fantásia in Xayiede. Bastiaan would now not go back to his world, due to the fact that he lose a reminder with every wish.

The procession leaves for the ivory tower, where Xayiede a breach between Bastiaan Atréjoe and provokes. Atréjoe know Babatunde emperors coronation to thwart and Bastiaan him goes to take revenge. However, he ends up in the city of ancient emperors, where he realizes that he loses all his memories by to wish themselves Emperor, making him lose his presence of mind and also as a damned crazy forever in the city will have to continue. The city is full of such ' crazies ': all all human visitors of Fantásia who no longer have been able to find the way back.

Bastiaan wants now, but can only leave Fantásia as he can do what he wants to substantially. This appears to be the desire to love, but without memories he doesn't know who. Using a dream know Bastiaan with his last wish back home, with help from Atréjoe.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first half of the book one might describe it as a conventional adventure story. However, the second half introduces psychologically rich themes. Bastiaan faces his dark side, comes of age in a world shaped by its desires, and eventually gets peace with himself. In addition, he realizes that the person he loves his father, and that he and his father together now after the death of his mother harder than ever need.

<p lang="en" len="270" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The 2 halves of the book in a certain number of runs are distinguished by a color difference in font, also there are simpler black-witversies issued, especially the black-witversies are often regarded as more difficult by the confusion between the 2 worlds. ==Operations<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1984, a film of the book made, The NeverEnding Story. When the movie came out And was very disappointed. The film makers had followed, and all the book according to him insufficient psychological themes taken out. Via a lawsuit he tried to prevent the movie or a name change to enforce, but that he lost. Though his name was removed from the announcement (but not from the end credits).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film received two sequels: The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter and The NeverEnding Story III. Worked on both movies And not qualify. The filmmakers used elements and characters from the second part of Eco1 book, but turned it into a completely new story of.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Apart from the films, there are also an animated series, The NeverEnding Story, and a TV series, Tales from the neverending Story, made from the book. Furthermore, an adventure game released for the ZX Spectrum + home computer. ==Background<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">It has nothing in the movie as in the book about the same cause. The start when mature of a child making it his imagination and imaginary world/imaginary boyfriends/... gradually loses. The brain of a human being have various functions. In a part of the brain is a kind of "fictional world" with which the man an infinite fantasy can build up. Another part of the brain is engaged in the "real world" in which he really is. Children have a great imagination, but by aging it is supplanted by the "real world". Fantasies and associated memories go through aging lost and go on into nothing and be dismissed as some sort of human lie.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">By to relive memories, fantasies, to create new fantasies,..., the infinite realm of Fantásia existence. That does have a downside: for someone who lives in a fantasy world, has no feeling more with reality. This is what the second part of the book describes in which enters the realm of Bastiaan Fantásia literally and thus its own actual identity (and feeling with the actual world) loses. The final result are the inhabitants of the city of ancient emperors: they are all lost and memories of reality are doomed forever in this city the existence of an insane to suffer. Only someone who can find the way back to reality creates a mutual connection between fantasy and reality, and makes this both worlds healthy. This second part is so not present in the film.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Nothing is not able to destroy everything: a fantasy can skip in an invention, and some inventions are actually performed in the real world. On issues from the real world one can also further fantasizing. In this way, it is nothing but also a kind of gateway. The creature Gmork is one of the few who can travel between the two worlds without any problems. In the film can be seen as the father of Gmork Bastiaan who wants his son no longer longer daydreaming. In the book it is less clear how Gmork looks in reality and it is suggested that his backers in the real world fantasy in a plot to lie to convert and so influence people. In any case it is a being who tries to make people stop fantasizing, dreams, etc.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Swimming, on the other hand, can be seen as an expression of Babatunde dreams and desire. This is underlined when he sees in a magic mirror Bastiaan that shows who one really is. In reality he is so Bastiaan (part of). Also Xayiede one can see as such, because her appearance was a result of Babatunde wish to make impression on Swimming. However, Babatunde Xayiede dark side, his desire for power, greatness and convenience. When Michael realizes that the road loses him in the wrong Xayiede is Xayiede, the power over her magical army and she is by her own soldiers trampled.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The dream that Bastiaan from the depths of Fantásia excavates, shows a man who is frozen in a block of ice. This man is of course Babatunde father, and the ice represents the distance that has arisen between them there after his mother's death. The dream leads him to Swimming, and with it to the Water of life and his father. ==The Ivory Tower<span class="mw-editsection" len="343" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The ivory tower is the heart of Fantásia where the little Empress lives. She is sick and her Empire is crumbling because of nothingness. Warrior Atreyu is sent to find a cure on path; It turns out that he should come up with a human child that the Empress a new name can give. This will be developed and will expand again fantasies Fantásia. (This one can deduce that "the ivory tower" that part in the brain is responsible for creating a fantasy.)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">AURYN is a talisman. It is a amulet consisting of two snakes that eat one another's tail, a variant of the ouroboros. It is a magical pendant and the one who wears it, speaks in the name of the Empress. This means that this person by every being, beautiful or ugly, good or bad, will be respected. On the other hand, should the carrier itself in principle does not interfere with others and counting his own wishes not qualify. This means for example, that he is powerless to monitor how the Atreyu swamps of Sadness his horse Artax claim, and should he not intervene when the geluksdraak Foechoer Ygramoel the many want to eat you.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For people like John, however, AURYN works other than for fantastic creatures. They can with what they want, but lose the sign wishes always a reminder. AURYN has the inscription: "desire what you will". By greeting to wish to go, you should figure out what they really want to or substantially. Although this soon is explained, does Bastiaan prompted misinterpretation and does he think he should rather wish everything what in him comes to mind. Because he is insecure and frustrated about his body and also is a victim of bullying, he initially wish a beautiful and strong to enforce no later than as admiration. Then he believes that wisdom is what he truly wants. Finally he from Xayiede kid ourselves that with JAMIE and his wishes has been named as successor to the Small Empress and that he should at will as a kind of deity Fantasy driving, both creative and destructive. As a result, he drops further away in his imagination and he forgets who he really is. Only towards the end of the book he understands what he really wants, and that is, among other things, a good relationship with his father.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the film the power of AURYN well clear because Atreyu used it to the ivory tower can be found after Fantásia was destroyed. The book mentions that the ivory tower is the center of Fantásia, but given Fantásia has no boundaries, the Centre (and the ivory tower) so anywhere and can immediately AURYN to lead.