The Golden Compass is the fictional story of a girl named Lyra who has to leave the protected and comfortable realm of her childhood in order to face the challenges that are waiting for her in the outside dark world. Lyra feels frustrated and finds it difficult to accept that she must change her world and accept new changes.
However, that does not kill her desperate urge to discover and face new changes. In The Golden Compass, the writer beautifully presents the different stages of life and how change must occur in our lives. Lyra seems repeatedly stuck between the joy and freedom that come with a carefree childhood and the urge to become an adult and get a good identity that represents her.
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