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Golden Compass has no hope
Apparently, The Golden Compass is Godless and hopeless. So says the Vatican.
"In Pullman's world, hope simply does not exist, because there is no salvation but only personal, individualistic capacity to control the situation and dominate events," the editorial said.
I don't know about anyone else, but that sentence strikes me as odd. Personally, the entire series is filled with hope and nothing but hope. But that's not the part that drew my raised eyebrow. It was the the second part concerning "individualistic capacity to control the situation..."
I used to work with someone who is a very devout Catholic and who loved having his thoughts about whatever subject be known. To him, Lord of the Rings is a work that espouses Catholic beliefs and it was a story about good versus evil. Alright. Well, let's take a look at that series. It concerns a Hobbit named Frodo who prevails against adversity, evilness and death to destroy the Ring, a Ring that destroys the concept of free will, in a sense, and turns all those who touch it evil.
In other words, it's about the individualistic capacity to control the situation and dominate events to bring forth an outcome that frees the world from a tyrannous villain who wants to control someone's free will and subjugate everyone to his nefarious plans. Now, change the words "tyrannous villain" with "the Magisterium" and you have the exact same plot as The Golden Compass. Additionally, you could change the words to ones that reflect Narnia, and again you'd have a very similar situation.
"In Pullman's world, hope simply does not exist, because there is no salvation but only personal, individualistic capacity to control the situation and dominate events," the editorial said.
I don't know about anyone else, but that sentence strikes me as odd. Personally, the entire series is filled with hope and nothing but hope. But that's not the part that drew my raised eyebrow. It was the the second part concerning "individualistic capacity to control the situation..."
I used to work with someone who is a very devout Catholic and who loved having his thoughts about whatever subject be known. To him, Lord of the Rings is a work that espouses Catholic beliefs and it was a story about good versus evil. Alright. Well, let's take a look at that series. It concerns a Hobbit named Frodo who prevails against adversity, evilness and death to destroy the Ring, a Ring that destroys the concept of free will, in a sense, and turns all those who touch it evil.
In other words, it's about the individualistic capacity to control the situation and dominate events to bring forth an outcome that frees the world from a tyrannous villain who wants to control someone's free will and subjugate everyone to his nefarious plans. Now, change the words "tyrannous villain" with "the Magisterium" and you have the exact same plot as The Golden Compass. Additionally, you could change the words to ones that reflect Narnia, and again you'd have a very similar situation.