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[be_themoon]

Apparently, when I have no school to do but yet need something to do - I do sort-of school anyways. In this case, research for a paper that might never get written, about the prevalence of children's stories in which at the end most/all of the protagonists either choose to leave or are forcibly kicked out of the fantasy land they have found. exhibit a, naturally, being Narnia. I even have a timeline now! For series, the date is the year of the first book's publishing.

1865 - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. English, forcible eviction.
1900 - Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. American, chooses to return home.
1904 - Peter Pan (the play) by J. M. Barrie. English, chooses to return home. (The book adaptation was published 1911.)
1950 - Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. English, forcible eviction.
1965 - The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper. English, forcible eviction.

Anyone know of other children's literature, at any point in time, in which the children find a different world and have to leave it at the end?

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[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

In The Dark Is Rising, there's actually forcible eviction for some and choice for others - I don't want to spoil you if you haven't finished them, but at the end of the last (Silver on the Tree) it's all about this. As for Will, well, he has to be an Old One and not leave the magical world even when he feels kinda lonely about it! Man, those books and their angst factor... I love them so much.

I think everyone else has mentioned anything I would've - His Dark Materials fits so well, and they are some of my favorite books, but they are possibly the worst books for your dad to know about...

This is an AWESOME project and I am kinda jealous, in the sense that I wish I'd thought of it :)) good luck!

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

I just finished Silver On The Tree yesterday! it was fabulous, and sad, and a little bit heartbreaking. :( all about choice! and yet not, because Simon and Barney and Jane! omgg. these books and their fantasticness and heartbreakingness. and BRAN I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. when he goes all Pendragon on them! omggg.

(they are, possibly, but I have already read them safely without him finding out, so yay!)

:DDD fandom as academical talk! (things you would totally be interested in - the essay I told Lass about up there. it is all about the various deviant sexualities in Narnia. it is AWESOME in its own kind of twisted way. :P)

[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

That book is definitely the saddest of my childhood. I would say His Dark Materials, but I think I read that late enough for it to not be like childhood-crushing. But Silver on the Tree did :(((( it struck me as the worst thing that could possibly ever happen, forgetting all your adventures! I reread the ending so many times because I hoped I had read it wrong! BRAAAAANNNN OMG he is SO augh I love himmmm. so, since you have finished, now you can see why the fandom for these books, while small, is so passionate and outside of the gen pretty much hardcore Bran/Will shipping. gah. some of that fic is so satisfying. can I rec you one? it is gen, even, but it is almost my favorite in that fandom: The Ascent by Annakovsky. my heartttt

WHOA deviant sexualities in Narnia! I would love to read about that! *goes to look*

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

omgggg it was horrible. it made me want to cry, because Will was just 'I think it's time to go home for lunch' and they were all 'lovely view! no wonder we came up here!' Me: 'AUGHHHHH NO when did Bran say ANYTHING about being willing to give up his memories? he just said he would be willing to be mortal! and the others said NOTHING about giving up their memory! not even having a say that's HORRIBLE.' BRAAAN. I love him. and that is a FANTASTIC fic, I thoroughly approve. *bliss* you may rec me any and all TDIR fics you like!

mwahahaha! I found the theories in it partially hilarious and partially really interesting (and all fannish). :P

[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

WILL JUST WANTS TO GO HOME :((( and Bran's "oh look a pretty rock, hey do you want it Jenny?" T_T I DIED. That is right! I guess he can't have two lives in any sense, not even in memory D: and yeah the others too! makes me cryyy.

I might dig up some more tDiR recs, I don't remember what I have bookmarked, but I may just post them sometime.

oh fannish theories! sometimes I get annoyed but mostly I just enjoy them SO MUCH.