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Bonnette 1 Kaylan Bonnette 22 March 2016 Fablehaven and The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: The Startling Similarities Fablehaven by Brandon Mull and The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott are two fantasy series that deal with imminent destruction of a whole world. There are, however, more ways in which they are similar. There are three major ways in which they are similar. The first is that the main protagonists, who are a brother/sister pair, gain special powers from supernatural beings. The second is that the main antagonist wants to release powerful and dangerous beings into the world, believing that he has a good reason for releasing these beings. The third is that the antagonist loses what leverage he thought he had in accomplishing his task and things don’t go according to his master plan. The first way these books are similar is that the protagonists gain special powers from supernatural beings. In the first book of Fablehaven, Kendra becomes fairykind. The fairies of Fablehaven decided to make her fairykind after the battle with Bahumat; if they hadn’t, Kendra would have died from drinking the mixture she prepared for the fairies to make them battle-ready (Mull … Rise of the Evening Star). Later in the series, Seth is made a shadow charmer by Graulas, a demon of Fablehaven (Mull . . . Grip of the Shadow Plague). In the first book of Nicholas Flamel, Sophie is Awakened by Hekate (Scott, The Alchemyst). Josh is later Awakened by Mars Ultor (Scott, The Magician). In both series, the sister receives her powers before her brother. The second way in which the books are similar is that the main antagonists want to release powerful and dangerous beings, believing to have a good reason. In Fablehaven, the Sphinx is so bent on opening Zzyzx that he will do whatever it takes to do so, and he got really

Bonnette 2 close to doing so, so close that he had already considered himself a success. His reason was that Zzyzx would eventually be opened anyway, but most likely by a fool, and the Sphinx in many ways was not a fool, which is why he only trusted himself to be successful in opening the demon prison. He was certain that he could use his charm, logic, and negotiation skills to control the demons once he released them (Mull . . . Keys to the Demon Prison). In Nicholas Flamel, John Dee wants to release the Dark Elders, believing that they aren’t actually Dark. He talks bad about Nick to Josh, saying that Nick lied to him and his sister about so many things, including the Elders. He says that the Dark Elders would, rather than destroy the world, would “reshape this world, make it better” (Scott, The Alchemyst). In the last book of their corresponding series, both antagonists lose every piece of leverage they thought they had in completing their goal. When Seth heals Graulas, the demon reveals his own plan with Nagi Luna, to open Zzyzx on their terms. Being, of course, much more powerful than the Sphinx, he would be better equipped to do this, especially considering that he would be a demon leading demons. The Sphinx’s plan quickly unravels as he loses control of the Society of the Evening Star, which he never regains (Mull . . . Keys to the Demon Prison). John Dee is under the impression that because he serves a Dark Elder faithfully, he can release them on his terms He turns out to be wrong – his master revokes his immortality, then returns it just before his immensely old age kills him (Scott, The Enchantress). Fablehaven and The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel may be two different series, but they both deal with the same problem and have three major similarities – two protagonists with supernatural powers, an antagonist who wants to release powerful and dangerous supernatural beings, and the same antagonist who plan quickly unravels.

Bonnette 3 Works Cited Mull, Brandon. Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague. Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain Publishing, 2008. Print. Mull, Brandon. Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Prison. Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain Publishing, 2010. Print. Mull, Brandon. Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star. Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain Publishing, 2007. Print. Scott, Michael. The Alchemyst. New York: Ember, 2007. Print. Scott, Michael. The Enchantress. New York: Ember, 2012. Print Scott, Michael. The Magician. New York: Ember, 2008. Print....