Lair Of The Dragon: A Short Story

The book Dragon keeper written by author Carole Wilkinson is set in Ancient China. The narrative is about a journey of a girl throughout China who goes from believing that she is unworthy of a name to someone who has experienced it all from nearly being killed to violating countless laws that are punishable by death.

The genre of this novel is adventure. The novel’s purpose is to entertain. The audience for this novel is all genders, ages 6-13.

John Gardner, the author of “Dragon, Dragon” makes this story humorous. He brings humor through the characters and in the setting. He also uses modern day technology in the medieval times. Along with all the humor John Gardner teaches a lesson.

“Slaying the Dragon” by Deborah Gee is a comprehensive look at media stereotypes of Asian and Asian American women since the silent era. From the racist use of white actors to portray Asians in early Hollywood films, through the success of Anna May Wong’s sinister dragon lady, to Suzie Wong and the ‘50s geisha girls, to the Asian-American anchorwoman of today. The movie also shows how stereotypes of exoticism and docility have affected the perception of Asian-American women.

     Settings: The first setting is in a knight school where Gawaine is taught how to be a knight. It also takes place in the forest where he beheads all the dragons and is almost fooled into being eaten.

The story begins with the description of a deep night and two men bent by their lonely fire. These men are speaking about a strange, mysterious creature, which seems to ruin everything on its way. They are talking about a dreadful dragon, which is described with much detail: “This dragon, they say his eyes are fire. His breath a white gas; you can see him bum across the dark lands”, “Passing, the black brunt of its shoulder smashed the remaining horse and rider a hundred feet against the side of a boulder, wailing, wailing, the dragon shrieking, the fire all about, around, under it, a pink, yellow, orange sun-fire with

If one wanted to see the sights of the vast world, there were many places to gaze upon the wonders of nature and of man.

In Anne McCaffrey nonfiction, “The Smallest Dragonboy,” Keevan, the main character, started off as an insecure little boy to being a brave and emotionally strong dragon-rider. Although Keevan had demonstrated a vast bank of personality and traits throughout his adventure to become a dragon-rider, Keevan ultimately possesses one certain trait that identifies him from others. From several aspect of his life like his, speech, actions, and appearance, Keevan is best described as a unique boy with a passion for persistence.

In the novel, Dealing With Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede, the main character Cimorene does not want to be a proper princess.Since she does not like being a proper princess, she runs away from her castle and wedding then goes to a dragon's cave and becomes Kazul’s princess.While she is the dragon’s princess she saves them from a couple of wizards, Zemenar and Antorell, and a dragon, Woraug, from becoming king and giving the wizards the crystal plate.Cimorene shows unprincess-like behavior.

The dragon is first mentioned in the story when the Misfit is talking to the grandmother about his life as a child when he starts describing his father to her. He says “Daddy was a card himself . . . You couldn’t put anything on him. He never got in trouble with the Authorities though. Just had the knack of handling them” (O’Connor 122). This is the first introduction of the dragon. Learning this information is very important because this is when the Misfit first started experiencing violence in his life. Obviously the Misfit was brought up into a world of crime, violence, and avoidance of the police. The Misfit continues to experience violence in his life after his childhood, when he joined the army and marine services. What he experienced

Becoming the Dragon, is the first book in The Dragon Inside series, by Alex Sapegin. This book is about a boy named Andrew Kelimov. He got struck by lightning while he was on a school trip which leads to him developing an unusual ability. Andy could not go near any electronic gadget like, computers, televisions, video games, etc., without the gadget slowing down, or freezing up or flickering with static. This ability made it impossible for him to play his computer games.

Though now they're quite sparse, dragon slayers were the heroes of the 13th century. Today you can only find them in the deepest of the wild, a luxury often attributed to Gawaine le Cœur-Hardy and his immense success in killing numerous dragons, hence lowering the need to kill many dragons. A beast slayer and a pupil, Gawaine contained a unique composition as many students, like myself, do. Gawaine and I share chronic forgetfulness and exquisite potential, but we differ in work ethic.

Becoming The Dragon by Alex Sapegin is a Fantasy Fiction about the boy named Andrew Kerimov. Andy’s exciting story began when he was struck by lightning the day when his teacher took their class in a promised trip in the woods. Thereafter that horrifying event many things have changed and he then has no choice to put himself into a new regime. His time spent for computer games was now spent on reading books and skating in the park with some of his close friends. He even learned how to cook remarkably and took bow lessons with a local artist aiming to become a skilled bowsman.

What elements in the story “The Dragon” represent the Freudian Conscious mind? 
Make sure to provide quotes and references from the story to support your answer. (3 Marks)
Throughout the short story, it is evident that at times the psychiatrist retreats to his conscious state often. This is shown when the psychiatrist unwittingly sits in Kirk’s chair and looked at his office as if it were his first time there. Unknowingly the psychiatrist had “moved around to the other side of the circle and lowered himself into Kirk’s chair”. This shows his conscious mind making decisions revealing his true feelings, that the psychiatrist deeply relates to Kirk and can easily put himself in Kirk’s shoes.

Uri finished stacking the containers in the shed and then contemplatively peered at their newly rebuilt home, which stood amid the barren landscape like a beacon of hope. The sharp sound of the hoe’s blade making contact with a stone drew his attention out to the field where Tabitha worked the soil. Sweat left wisps of her hair wet, clinging to the side of her face in a serpentine manner. As she caught her breath, their eyes met in a glance, she smiled and went on with her chore.