Empty Eggshells
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2017
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Haverford College. Department of English
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A technologically-dependant village in a fantasy land use magic to summon new technicians. Unfortunately, there was a mistake in the spell and two people from “our” world were transported, instead of people from the fantasy land. The only way for this pair to return home is to collect dragon eggs, but there is none of the glory they expected in such work. After lives have been lost in battles with dragons, Nishat and Dahlia, our protagonists, must decide if returning home is what they truly want. A budding conspiracy embedded in this fantasy land complicate matters even further, making it impossible to tell if the two made the right decision in the end. The critical portion discusses the fantasy genre in this racialized world, and its place in academia. The European setting of many fantasy stories is brought into question, taking into consideration both the demographics of fantasy authorship and possible target audiences, as this changes the message of books set in such a place. Ultimately, the impact of racial diversity in media on people of color is examined, and the dangers of whitewashed escapism is delineated. I suggest that self-love in children is directly impacted by associations made in media, especially in terms of body image and beauty standards. Using anecdotes and hypothetical conjecture, the needlessness of exclusionary fantasies is implied, and alternatives briefly discussed.