Throughout Phantastes Anodos is faced with
becoming a man and taking his father’s estate. His journey through fairyland
raises the question: How much do we control in our lives? We see through Anodos
that we tend to dive into circumstances that we cannot control. We follow him
through his trials and triumphs. We experience what he does, feel what he does,
and learn what he learns. All in all we realize things from Anodos that we wouldn’t
realize on our own. Aspects of life that we don’t see in our lives are
presented to us in different ways. Anodos and his experiences broaden our horizon
to see the world with a polished pair of eyes.
Anodos shows us a Yin Yang kind of reality in
fantasy. He sees what is good but also the evil that lives inside the good.
Through this it helps us move through the good and bad, beauty and ugly, death
and life. Mcdonald’s job with Anodos was not to have him fulfill or answer
every hard situation and question that arose before him, but to send us away
and have our thought processes changed through the questions. Those questions
that we don’t want to answer but come to the realization that we have to deal
with them. Our minds become aware and, assume if I may, see a different side of
issues. Perspective is perspective whether you enlightened upon it through
fantasy or reality.
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