|
|
This is only a preview of the paper
Click here to register and get the full text.
Existing members click here to login
|
|
|
There is magic in every carpet. ... A grain of sugar which has somehow found its way into the world of the carpet people, becomes a favourite mountain for the carpet animals where they go as often as possible. Dust plants make up a wonderful vegetation, and the world of the carpet people is as real to them as the earth is to us. This is the story of Snibril and Glurk, the leaders of the carpet people and how they finally defeat the servants of Fray. It is full of magic battles and the day to day struggle of the brave and ingenious carpet people. But there are also creatures who live in the underlay; they appear to be allies of that terrible and powerful Fray who lives above the carpet. Whenever he passes above, he leaves destruction behind him in the world of the carpet people, and the creatures of the underlay try to take advantage of them. ... “The Carpet people” reads like someone trying to be Terry Pratchett, and indeed, someone is. ...
The plot is a typical one but as in almost all fantasy books action is situated in a strange, unusual place – a carpet. ...
The idea of this piece of writing is to have a closer look at Terry Pratchett’s writing style even though “The Carpet people” is not the best example for this purpose. ... “The Carpet people” is no exception. ... In the book the world of the carpet people is threatened with a complete extinction of its people by a “natural disaster” which they call “Fray”. ... the carpet)
Terry Pratchett had put his endless imagination in this story and also his exquisite English. ... There is something of the same inventiveness in the setting (a miniature fantasy world located within the confines of a carpet), but it does not really hang together. If the thickness of a penny is a frighteningly tall cliff for the characters, the threads of the carpet should be bigger than the moderate-sized trees they are depicted as, and why would they know mangled English words for things?
Approximate Word count = 1648
Approximate Pages = 6.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
|
|
|
|
|
|