With fantasy stories like this one, there is always the line between what could actually happen, and what could never happen. In life we face hardships, and deal with them in many ways. We just do not deal with them in magical ways. Fantasy stories help us relate our hardships with those this characters go through. Such as all of the broken families, the search for one's self, or the fight between what is right and what is wrong. The magical aspect of the book, like many other popular fantasy books help the reader deal with the plot with imagination. They can picture themselves dealing with life in these ways, even though they know it is not possible. Through this thought process they also learn how they would or could deal with these life problems emotionally, mentally, in general internally. They see how the character dealt with the struggles they faces and connect with the struggling character. We look for conflict in a story, a story without conflict wouldn't have a resolution, so no one would care to read it.
Along with this aspect of fantasy novels, there is also the hero concept. Who is the hero, so we may identify with them. At first I didn't think Cybil was the hero, despite her generosity of bringing in and raising Tamlorn. I always thought it was Tamlorn, he was being raised a hero, which yes he was essentially a hero, in having to save Cybil later on. As the story went on and knowing the cycle of a child-hero, it became obvious that Cybil was the hero, being faced with lots of danger, going through the journey of finding herself, raising Tamlorn, in the end making a sort of full circle and ending at home again, with a sense of self. Even though she had to be saved herself, sometimes heros need saving too.
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