Myths and Legends
This Greek hero flew too close to the sun with wings made of feathers and wax.
Icarus.
"May the Force be with you"
General Jan Dodonna, Star Wars
A brave girl who sails across the ocean to return a stolen heart to a goddess and save her island.
Moana.
A curious girl who falls down a rabbit hole into a strange world full of talking animals and odd rules.
Alice (Alice in Wonderland)
This genre includes magic, mythical creatures, and imaginary worlds.
Fantasy
This creature from Greek Mythology has snakes for hair and can turn people to stone upon sight.
Medusa.
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
Bill Anderson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
A boy discovers hes a demigod and goes on a quest to stop a war between the gods.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians
the competitive gum-chewing champion who turns into a giant blueberry
Violet Beauregarde (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
A world where its people have to live in constant danger/fear, the opposite of a utopia.
Dystopia
This serpent-like monster from mythology has multiple heads, where if one head were to be cut off, two or more would grow back.
the Hydra
"Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind.”
Lilo, Lilo and Stitch.
A young girl with special powers stand up to her cruel principal with the help of a kind teacher.
Matilda.
A fictional feral boy raised by wolves in the jungle, caught between the animal world, and his own human world.
Mowgli
In The Odyssey, this clever Greek hero takes ten years to get home after the Trojan war, where he loses all six-hundred of his men, and faces against the infamous Poseidon.
Odysseus
"With great power comes great responsibility"
Uncle Ben, Spider Man.
A shy teen girl’s secret love letters get mailed out by her little sister, forcing her into a predicament of unexpected relationships.
To all the boys i've loved before.
A farmboy from Tatooine who becomes a legendary Jedi Knight.
Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)
The ancient Egyptian god of death, mummification, and the afterlife. He is often presented as a humanoid jackal.
Anubis.
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
Dumbledore, Harry Potter.
A young girl is swept away from her home into a magical land. In order to get back home, she has to cross a yellow brick road to meet with the infamous Wizard of this land.
Wizard of Oz