![]() Other major themes that pop up include memories, wishes, and true strength and power. And with this comes the theme of story-telling, as one of Bastian's roles in the second half of the book is to keep Fantastica alive with his gift of making up stories. ![]() And at one point Bastian and the reader are introduced to the man who has been writing it all down, for forever, and will continue to until the end of the time. But even the Childlike Empress mentions The Neverending Story and Bastian's role in it. Obviously, there is the instance where Bastian himself is reading The Neverending Story just like we are. One general theme is meta-fiction, as the book talks about itself in many different ways and at different times. Genre, Themes, History: I can see why some have labeled this as young adult fiction as opposed to children's fiction, but I just can't let go of my own memories of watching the first movie on my parent's long ago discarded brown shag carpet, in front of the also long ago discarded box TV in the wood casing. ![]()
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