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'''Portal'''- Portal Fantasy begins with a magical doorway connecting two worlds separated by space and time. The hero either passes through it willingly or is summoned to the other world. The hero usually spends the whole story trying to get home.[http://bestfantasybooks.com/fantasy-genre.php#portal-fantasy] This isn't always the case. In the Harry Potter series, the main characters would prefer to be in the magical world versus the [[Muggle]] world. In portal fantasy, not only can you travel to different places you can travel to different times. In [[Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children]] by Ranson Riggs, one of the main characters uses time travel to go back to 1940. Portal fantasies are often about ensuring that the worlds stay divided. [http://bestfantasybooks.com/portal-fantasy.html] In the Harry Potter series, the magical folk make it a priority that the Muggles have no idea that their world exists. Ultimately, aside from moving from the real world into another more magical world, portal fantasy is a versatile and open-ended sub-genre where anything is possible. [http://bestfantasybooks.com/portal-fantasy.html]
'''Portal'''- Portal Fantasy begins with a magical doorway connecting two worlds separated by space and time. The hero either passes through it willingly or is summoned to the other world. The hero usually spends the whole story trying to get home.[http://bestfantasybooks.com/fantasy-genre.php#portal-fantasy] This isn't always the case. In the Harry Potter series, the main characters would prefer to be in the magical world versus the [[Muggle]] world. In portal fantasy, not only can you travel to different places you can travel to different times. In [[Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children]] by Ranson Riggs, one of the main characters uses time travel to go back to 1940. Portal fantasies are often about ensuring that the worlds stay divided. [http://bestfantasybooks.com/portal-fantasy.html] In the Harry Potter series, the magical folk make it a priority that the Muggles have no idea that their world exists. Ultimately, aside from moving from the real world into another more magical world, portal fantasy is a versatile and open-ended sub-genre where anything is possible. [http://bestfantasybooks.com/portal-fantasy.html]


'''Secondary World'''- Secondary World consists of many different fictional scenarios and mirrors the author’s thoughts, rather than what actually happens in the world itself.<ref>Walter, Damien G. "Secondary World Problems." SECONDARY WORLD PROBLEMS. N.p., 15 Apr. 2012. Web. 02 July 2015. <http://damiengwalter.com/2012/04/15/secondary-world-problems/></ref>  In this type of world things go above and beyond measures. Different fantasies have a variety of twists and plots, but in secondary world the author puts your mind in another world. It seems unreal but it explores and unveils the rules and nature of that world. Low, High, Heroic, and Dark fantasies are some different fantasies that have secondary world.
'''Secondary World'''- Secondary World fiction is different fictional scenarios. These scenarios mirror the author's thoughts rather than what actually happens in the world.<ref>Walter, Damien G. "Secondary World Problems." SECONDARY WORLD PROBLEMS. N.p., 15 Apr. 2012. Web. 02 July 2015. <http://damiengwalter.com/2012/04/15/secondary-world-problems/></ref>  In the author's fictional world things get very extreme. Creatures and The author attempts to make the reader feel as if they are in this secondary world. It seems unreal. nut it explores and unveils the rules and nature of that world. Dark, Low, Heroic, and High fantasies are different types of fantasy literature that use secondary world with in the narratives.


'''High Fantasy'''- High Fantasies are characterized by its setting, characters, and even the plot. In these stories characters such as dragons, elves, wizards, and dwarfs can be found all over in secondary world.<ref>"High Fantasy." <i>Wikipedia</i>. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 02 July 2015. &lt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fantasy&gt;.</ref> “The Lord of The Rings” is one the best great high fantasy novels created <ref>"The Lord of the Rings." <i>Wikipedia</i>. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 02 July 2015. &lt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings&gt;.</ref> In Lord of The Rings the ring symbolized power and evil. The Dark Lord Sauron created this ring to overrule all other ring of powers as the supersonic weapon to overtake middle-earth. The second fantasy characteristic is the “Eye of Sauron”.<ref>"Sauron." <i>The One Wiki to Rule Them All</i>. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 July 2015. &lt;http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Sauron&gt;.</ref> The Eye represents a dark symbol. The Eye was used to protect the surroundings of Mordor, a way for Lord Sauron to see all.
'''High Fantasy'''- High Fantasies are characterized by its setting, characters, and even the plot. In these stories characters such as dragons, elves, wizards, and dwarfs can be found all over in secondary world.<ref>"High Fantasy." <i>Wikipedia</i>. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 02 July 2015. &lt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fantasy&gt;.</ref> “The Lord of The Rings” is one the best great high fantasy novels created <ref>"The Lord of the Rings." <i>Wikipedia</i>. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 02 July 2015. &lt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings&gt;.</ref> In Lord of The Rings the ring symbolized power and evil. The Dark Lord Sauron created this ring to overrule all other ring of powers as the supersonic weapon to overtake middle-earth. The second fantasy characteristic is the “Eye of Sauron”.<ref>"Sauron." <i>The One Wiki to Rule Them All</i>. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 July 2015. &lt;http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Sauron&gt;.</ref> The Eye represents a dark symbol. The Eye was used to protect the surroundings of Mordor, a way for Lord Sauron to see all.
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