![]() ![]() On the outside, Simon, Jane, and Barney serve as surrogates for the readers, drawing them into the world and their adventure. Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising sequence follows into this later camp. Such is the case for Gandalf and the Fellowship of the Ring when they discover that Saruman had fallen in league with Sauron, or Chancellor Palpatine in the Star Wars saga, carefully manipulating the cosmic events of the Clone Wars so he can not only secure power in the galaxy, but convert the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker, to his side and destroy the Jedi. ![]() ![]() Then other times there is that villain who may appear as an ally, only to twist the knife on our heroes and heroines. Others, like Sauron in Lord of the Rings or Voldemort in Harry Potter are spoken of in hushed tones, as if to make even the readers feel that to utter heir name would be to summon them forth from the pages of the text. Tumnus before ever meeting her, creating a sense of dread. Sometimes, as is the case of The White Witch in Narnia, the audience is told about her from Mr. While on the one hand all stories need conflict, often times, the narrative’s major antagonist may not reveal themselves outright. ![]()
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