The Ocean At The End Of The Lane Analysis

“Fantasy: something that is produced by the imagination : an idea about doing something that is far removed from normal reality.” To many, The Ocean at the End of the Lane reflects the Merriam-Webster’s definition. We know that the supernatural doesn’t exist, people can’t change the phase of the moon, and that duck ponds are not oceans. Those people stick to their idea of reality, and reject any other persons’ truths that don’t line up with theirs, even if it could help them see the world in a new light. However, such people are rarely children. Children can see this world that we call a fantasy as real, and it can be part of their realities and truths. In Gaiman’s novel, he paints are vivid, wonderful yet terrible world, where only children
Later, the boy’s family gets a new nanny. Ursula Monkton is adored by the boy’s sister, but he can tell that there is something unnatural about her. He and the Hempstocks soon conclude that she is a monster from another world. As keen as the narrator is to accept this, his parents are not. In the novel, the boy makes futile attempts to explain who, or what, Ursula Monkton really is to both his mother and his father, providing another example of how adults would never be able to believe such a phenomenal concept, no matter how much proof they are given. When the boy tries to explain, not only does he sound completely crazy, but he also challenges the stable, simple world his parents believe they live in. Looking at Ursula Monkton, it’s hard for them to believe she could be bad, let alone an evil supernatural monster. Throughout the story, Gaiman makes a stark contrast between the various versions of reality between a child and his parents. This results in a theme that teaches and challenges us to be more like children, to open our minds to new perspectives and look at the world in a different