The human world where Bastian lived was realistic, but Fantastica was completely unrealistic (you can even guess that by its name).Īlthough I had discovered many morals in reading this book there is one in particular that stuck with me. Similarly the setting, like the characters, was a bit realistic and a bit unrealistic. For example, Bastian turned a little evil from having the power of wishing, because power makes you sour. Contrary to those big differences between the characters and us there were some similarities.

The characters were definitely not all realistic because some could do magic, and the characters definitely don't look normal. When I came to the part where the monkey said that he would have to stay in that topsy turvy town forever if he didn't find his way home again before he lost all of his memory, a shiver went down my spine because I was worried that he would have to stay in that topsy turvy town forever. I think that Atreyu is bit like ME because he does care if Fantastica survives or not. The Big Bang is a bit like the Nothing, except the Big Bang started off with nothing and ended with something, but the Nothing started off with something and ended with nothing at all. Most humans don't care a bit in the world about what happens to the world and if their ancestors have a happy life or a sad life, but only care about themselves, just like the old turtle. In my mind the old turtle is a bit like humans. I think that you should be at least nine to read this book because if you are younger you won't understand it when it switches between the two worlds, and if you are older you won't appreciate the adventure and the magic. Bastian ends up calling the empress Moon Child, which makes the child-like empress well again and makes Fantastica safe again, but he does not know what adventures Fantastica has waiting for him. He can only do this by finding a human who can give the child-like empress a new name, which will make the Nothing go away and which will make the childlike empress well again.

The book Bastian reads is about a boy called Atreyu who is trying to save Fantastica. This book is about a boy called Bastian who reads a stolen book in the school attic. The movie was good, so I expected the book to be just as good (or better, because most of the books I've read have been better than the movies which they make after them just to get more money). I started to read this book because I had watched the movie. I got this book for my ninth birthday because I read too quickly and my parents thought this might keep me company for a while. I haven't finished The Neverending Story and I never will because it never ends.

The neverending story ende