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Peter S. Beagle's Lila The Werewolf

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“Lila the Werewolf” by Peter S. Beagle draws the reader into the world of fantasy by including a supernatural character. Clearly, the supernatural character in the story is Lila, the werewolf. Beagle is able to use her character to guide the reader into his world of fantasy. The other characters are not surprised that there exists werewolves as seen in the following quote: “Farrell shook his head. ‘No, that’s silly. I mean, it’s only Lila. If she were going to hurt me, she could have done it last night” (Beagle p. 344). This quote shows how Farrell is trying to convince his friend that it is alright to have a werewolf girlfriend. Other characters in the story have similar thoughts as they were only concerned about Lila killing their dogs instead
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