Unit: 12
Down the Rabbit Hole
Critical thinking
a. “Down the rabbit hole” is a sort of writing called fantasy. On the basis of your reading of the story point out some special elements of this kind of writing?
Fantasy is a genre of fiction. It includes characters and events that couldn’t exist in real life. For example, someone is not likely to encounter a wizard penguin in real life. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Charlie and Chocolate Factory, The Lord of the Rings are some of the fine fantasy.
Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot, theme and setting. Plot of a fantasy includes a battle between good and evil, the cycle of the seasons, the cycle of life- birth, growth and death, a hero’s journey, a heroine being rescued by a charming man and battling a make-believe monster.
In a fantasy, witches, wizards, fairies, prince and princess, kings and queens, knights, dragons, talking animals, angels and devils, elves, gnomes, unicorns, etc. are chosen as characters. A fantasy is set in faraway land, in an enchanted kingdom, in a magical forest, during medieval times, in an imaginary world, in heaven or during the afterlife. The fantasy authors rely on the theme of defending honor, loyalty, finding a mysterious object, completing a quest, sacrificing something, etc.
b. Is it good to imagine of things which are not possible to achieve in reality? Explain.
Most people believe that imagination has nothing to do with reality. They don’t not relate it with success, achievement and reality. They consider it as impractical. But imagination shapes the way which influences our hopes, actions and behaviors.
Imagination is one of the most significant keys to success. It is mostly connected with daydreaming, wishing and illusion. A person’s ambition, goal and plan begins with the imagination, and only later, turns into reality. Thomas Edison dreamt of electric bulbs and made it happen. Despite severe insult, Walt Disney imagined being the head of the world's largest animation empire and made it possible.
Various facts show that a successful person creates a mental image of his goal and make it real with suitable steps. An obvious mental image of what he wants to achieve, helps him to see his goal, and the way towards it, with detail. Moreover, he develops the qualities like willingness, enthusiasm, devotion and dedication in himself to make things true.
When somebody imagines something they really wants and proceeds with proper actions, things never become impossible. Things always seem impossible until they are done.
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