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The Golden CompassLyra Belacqua is the novel's main protagonist. She is an 11 year old girl. She is incredibly brave and curious. Pantalaimon is Lyra's daemon. He is a shape shifter, but he will eventually...
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The Golden CompassImagination is something that is dangerous for Lyra precisely because she lives in a dangerous world where she is part of the plans and machinations of dangerous characters, such as her father,...
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The Golden CompassI think that this could be referring to the more sophisticated concepts that are hidden in fantasy. The story is about villains and animals, and it is easy to see how some people could be...
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The Golden CompassThe movie and book were both characterized as being un-Christian. The author, Philip Pullman, himself is a proclaimed atheist who claims to want to kill God and promote anti-authoritarian ideals....
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The Golden CompassClearly, given that every human character in the novel has a daemon, there are lots of daemons in the novel and even the most superficial reading will reveal a wide range of daemons. However, here...
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The Golden CompassThere are several important conflicts in "The Golden Compass." What makes this book so great and interesting is the way they interweave—and the way they shift around. There's a conflict...
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The Golden CompassThis story is a metaphor against organized religion, not against God. I know this sounds strange, but you should think about it in terms of how human beings apply the supposed principles of...
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The Golden CompassAs far as technology, Philip Pullman creates an interesting dichotomy in The Golden Compass. The technology employed by any inhabitants of Lyra's Oxford seems to be simultaneously crude, simple,...