![]() ![]() He passes through it into another world, and there encounters Lyra, who is shocked at his lack of a daemon. Will manages to escape the men when he stumbles upon an “anomaly” taking the form of a sort of tear in the fabric of reality. Will himself finds the letters and flees, killing one of the men in the process. ![]() ![]() He returns home but finds that then men are already there, searching for letters exchanged by Will’s parents. Will is pursued by shadowy men claiming to be from the government, and is forced to leave his mother with his old piano teacher in order to keep her safe. The story begins not in Lyra’s world, but in our own, where young Will Perry cares for his sick mother in his world’s version of Oxford. Phillip Pullman’s The Subtle Knife begins after his previous novel, The Golden Compass, left its readers with Lyra Belaqua passing through a tear in her universe and on to another. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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