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  • Essay / Antagonist in Children's Literature Essay - 1363

    Sometimes readers don't think about the turning point, and that turning point brings suspense to the story. The climax could occur because of an antagonist or group of antagonists. The ether antagonist could be any of them internal, human and environmental or all of them. One day, Jesse goes out with Miss Edmunds. When he came home and Brenda said, "Your girlfriend died, and mom thought you were dead too." » (Paterson, 60 years old). First of all, Jess didn't believe that Leslie was dead as she was swinging through the rope to reach "Terabithia" and the rope broke and she fell and died, but later he had to believe it. The rope that served as a bridge to reach the world “Terabithia” acts as an antagonist. Here two suspenses arise, first, Jesse lost his friend Leslie and he could not do magic in “Terabithia” without Leslie. She was just his friend who was the creator of “Terabithia”. Second, the one who will do magic with the world "Terabithia" because Jesse can't do that. These types of questions will arise in the reader's mind and will make the story interesting for the reader. Sometimes readers start to guess the next part of the story. Children's novels become more attractive to the reader and read stories with more