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English Essay Does Fantasy model courage in adversity for readers or is it simply a means of escape? Discuss with reference to 'The Gathering'. Fantasy shows courage in adversity but can also be a means of escape for the reader. This is shown in 'The Gathering' as the characters are very real, and experience problems that could happen in everyday life. For example, at the end of the book when the gathering and the chain were in the abattoir the Kraken told, and helped Nathanial remember that his father had tried to kill him by strangling him. Therefore people look up to the characters for courage. Some things however are too extreme for normal life so it could just be a book made for the reader's enjoyment. Therefore in 'The Gathering there are morals about courage uniting as one to beat evil, etc, but that doesn't change the the meaning of the...

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