Modern Fantasy: Fantasy creates another world for characters and readers, asking that the reader believe this other world could exist. Fantasy is broken into two categories:
- Low Fantasy or fantastic stories: are realistic in most details but still require the reader to willingly suspend disbelief. They contain fantastic elements, such as talking animals, eccentric characters in preposterous situations, anthropomorphism, or extraordinary worlds. Charlotte's Web and Tuck Everlasting are good examples of this.
- High Fantasy: takes place in a created world or imaginary kingdom. Serious in tone, the
story primarily focuses on the conflict between opposing forces, and concerns itself with
cosmic questions and ultimate values, such as goodness, truth, courage, or wisdom. The Chronicles of Narnia and The Hobbit are good examples.