What do you understand by the daemons in Northern Lights Do they have any significant symbolic
What do you understand by the ‘daemons’ in Northern Lights? Do they have any significant symbolic meaning? ... In Northern Lights Philip Pullman develops this classification and creates a world where a daemon is a physical manifestation of a human’s soul. The daemons in Northern Lights are a reflection of the human they are intrinsically bonded to, and they take the physical form of an animal to echo their human’s characteristics, or status. ... Daemons constantly transform their appearance to adapt to new situations throughout their human companion’s teenage life. ... Once a child has reached puberty, their daemons are forced to take a permanent form and, “when your daemon settles, you’ll know the sort of person you are” (167). ... “Why do daemons have to settle? ... “The energy that links body and daemon is immensely powerful” (375), and Philip Pullman creates a symbolic relationship between the human and daemon in Northern Lights that people in real life are constantly searching for. ... This creates a boundary that stops humans and daemons from being apart, “only witches have the power to separate themselves from their daemons” (164).