THE INFAMOUS SWAMP We all know the story by now–As the pair trudges through the waist-deep swamp, Artax seemingly gives up. This beautiful white horse stops moving forward. He has let the sadness overtake him. He’s given up. Atreyu begs Artax to move, to fight against the sadness that envelops him. Atreyu: Fight against theContinue reading “How The Neverending Story inspired me to write: Part 5”
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How The Neverending Story inspired me to write: Part 4
The moment Atreyu’s name is mentioned, it sparks a memory within Bastian. He looks at an image stitched onto his backpack: that of an Indian brave hunting a buffalo on horseback. This warrior’s name is also Atreyu; At this point he’s ready to chalk it up to coincidence. But something interesting happened here: The bookContinue reading “How The Neverending Story inspired me to write: Part 4”
How The Neverending Story inspired me to write: Part 3
Start here. Bastian has sealed himself off from the world and finds himself in the sanctity of the school attic. He believes he’s about to delve into a fantastic book, a way to escape from the math test downstairs, from the mounting pressures and demands of the mundane world, and, most importantly, from the griefContinue reading “How The Neverending Story inspired me to write: Part 3”
Nick Enlowe 