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The desire to be successful, which begins with the efforts of people to feel valuable, is handled from the perspective of immortality and mythological elements in fantasy novels. Emphasizing that goodwill serves as the golden key to immortality, fantasy novels tell that tyrants aiming for immortality are locked in their own prisons, while goodwill opens the door to immortality.

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ISTANBUL (TR) - In her fantasy novel Ulvede, author Pınar Oto tells about a being who made a living by fishing in Ancient Greece in search of feeling valuable and reaching immortality. Emphasizing that goodwill opens the door to immortality by serving as a golden key, the book draws attention to the fine line between the desire for immortality, freedom and tyranny.

Stating that Ulvede, who found the way to reach immortality in her novel to escape the emptiness they fell into, included the plot of events that developed when they participated in a hunting tournament to feel valued, Author Pınar Oto made the following assessment about her book: “The direct connection Ulvede has established between feeling valuable and freedom, leads them to hunt an animal that no one could catch in the hunting competition organized by the king. Ulvede's quest for freedom has an unpredictable outcome when they are deceived by the benevolent approach of an evil goblin. Believing that they can free their soul and become a valuable being by filling the void inside them, Ulvede turns into a useless black tree in a cave after the chain of events directed by tyranny.”

Ulvede's tyrannical spirit brought death

Pointing out that the effort to feel valuable can lead people to bully by bringing them face to face with their inadequacy and failures, Pınar Oto said, “The hunting tournament is an opportunity for Ulvede to feel valued. The evil goblin gives Ulvede the code to hunt merevas, which no one has been able to hunt until that day, and which only good people can see. No one can see the fish Ulvede caught. This deepens the emptiness inside them and brings bullying with it. Ulvede takes the tournament winner hunter's spear and throws it at the herd of gazelles. The spear that hit the little girl in the forest will herald the evil that will befall Ulvede.”

The key to the free spirit is in goodwill

Noting that in her novel, she emphasizes that we need to establish a cause-effect relationship by going on our own inner journey before we attribute the reasons for our failures to other people; writer Pınar Oto says, "Ulvede, who was locked in a cave by the gods, bases this on the little girl, not the tyrant's spirit. Whenever they confront the little girl, Ulvede is confronted with their inadequacy and failure. This attitude of their creates an earthquake effect in the cave. Ulvede's fantastic story tells that bullying with the desire to be successful, in other words, to attain immortality, will leave people in prison in their own prison. At the same time, goodwill will open the doors to freedom.”