Background
In The Wizard of Oz (the movie), protagonist Dorothy wakes up at the end and finds out her entire trip to Oz was just a dream.
In Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Merricat, the first-person protagonist, believes she can work a sort of sympathetic magic through wards and charms to keep the world at bay. When these charms are breached by an interloper, the outside world (and disaster) come crashing in. Also, one character believes Merricat is a ghost and never interacts with her, and by the end of the novel, several characters in the village she and her sister Constance live in have come to believe they are a witches.
Problem
Is either of these novels a fantasy, neither, or both? Explain your answer.
This will make up 10% of your grade.
Tags: Books, Shirley Jackson
I’ll take a shot at this. They are both fantasy novels, since they are both works of fiction rather than fact. ALL fiction is fantasy. It may be military fantasy (Tom Clancy), romantic fantasy (Harlequin romances), contemporary realistic fantasy (Pynchon, Wallace), scientifically grounded fantasy (or what we call speculative fiction), or whatever it is you want to call “Lord of the Rings” et al.
I hope this helps. Please let me know if you need any additional assistance; I will be on my boat with my pony (and my trolling motor) most of the day today, but I should be able to respond tonight;