Northern Light Analysis

Northern Light`s is the first novel of Philip Pullman`s trilogy. his dark materials was published in 1995. One of the most original elements of Pullman’s trilogy is the daemons. Within Lyra’s world, ever single human has a daemon, observable version of the soul that takes on an animal form. In creating the daemon, Pullman draws on feudal traditions in which witches and wizards have animal “familiars,” creatures active with some unreasonable spirit who can carry messages from the witch or wizard to the world beyond. In this essay , I will discuss the theme of growing up through the novel , and I will focus theme for main the character is lyra

Bildungsroman is a novel about growing up. In novel northern lights layra is the protagonist.

Pullman approaches the analysis of society primarily through the eyes of Lyra. This approaches showing how lyra growing up through learning something that occurred through the events in the novel. There are some symbol of her unconscious grace, firstly, her ability to use the mysterious Alethiometer, a small golden mechanical device that is covered with symbols. She learns quickly to sink into a meditative state in order to "work" the machine, a sort of compass covered with symbols and an arrow pointing to them. She quickly learns it can be used to advise her about other peoples ' true character, suggest possible future results of current actions and reveal facts that might not be obvious to anyone, much less a young girl. Pullman also signifies her innocence by making it clear that Lyra does not understand the sexual innuendo among the adults around her, like Mrs. Coulter , her friends and the witches. Lyra is still in a state of unconscious grace, but she is neither guileless nor ignorant. Also, layra has the courage. In the first of novel, she is telling Lord Asriel what she knew about poison in Tokay. She decides to run away once and for all from Mrs. Coulter, when she defies all order and goes ahead to face –off gobblers in order to rescue all those children who had been taken away. Also, she decides to go with

It is "a conventional for human physically inspired by God 's judgment on humanity "for dust though art, and unto dust shalt thou return"(Article Reader 2.pag.3).The concept of dust is Milton 's metaphor for the mass of unformed primal matter left over the construction of the universe .Pullman used the word to desire to connect everything with everything , and connect the parallel worlds. Pullman shows that the dust for the Church is the first to have committed the sin of Adam and Eve. Pullman says that dust is not a sin, but rather the beginning of science and awareness what is needed escape from this world, but we make a new world like it did for Iyra. Pullman believes in contradictions such like William Blake he believes that dust (original sin ) is a good thing and it leads to self-improvement and it is a sign of the knowledge , and the mind and the soul cannot be separated ,unlike the church which sees the dust a shame and bad thing and they should protect the children from it. And because dust is a sign of sexual awareness ,when Adam and Eve ate the apple became aware of their nakedness ,therefore dust roams around the adults and their daemons settle ,but the children are innocent and away from sex ,so that the church wants to protect them from becoming experienced .But Pullman is against their view. He says we should not feel ashamed because we are alive.(Anne-Marie Bird, Dust as Metaphor,264). I agree Pullman and Anne Bird,