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Genre – Adventure Fiction An adventure is a moment in life that rushes our adrenaline. It excites, motivates, and gives a thrilling experience. They usually include dangerous situations, narrow escapes, problems to be solved through intelligence and skill, exotic people and places, and brave deeds. The idea behind the ever-popular adventure genre is to get all the components in just the right mix to produce a story that is as riveting as the classics. Adventure fictions are tales of remarkable or unexpected journeys and experiences. The story circumference around a character who is brought to the adventure by chance, and chance plays a large role in the episodes of the story. The main components of adventure fiction include an interesting plot, a protagonist, a quest, an unfamiliar or dangerous environment, an infamous antagonist, risks, sacrifices, transformation, and achievement. Plot - One Piece is a Japanese anime television series based on Eiichiro Oda's manga series of the same name. A Pirate named Gol D. Roger was executed and right before his death, he revealed that he had attained every treasure the world had to offer, the One Piece, and had hidden it at the end of the Grand Line, mysterious waters where countless pirates met their demise. The treasure One Piece inspired people to become pirates in pursuit of the treasure thus beginning the Great Pirate Era. Protagonist - The story follows around the adventures of the protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy, A boy whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a devil fruit. A devil fruit is a fruit possessed by the devils of the sea and gives certain powers or abilities that a normal human cannot do or have at the cost of their ability to swim. A person with devil fruit powers will sink into the bottom of the sea if they ever fell in it. A protagonist will embark on a journey mostly by themselves and form bonds as they proceed. Quest - Luffy, twelve years after the Great Pirate Era began, sets out on a quest to become the King of the Pirates, and attain the One Piece. His primary objective was to gather a crew of pirates who eventually came to be called the Straw Hat Pirates. The quest ignites the plot by including a series of events that help to create the storyline. Antagonist - The life of a Pirate is not a walk in the park. As the story progresses, the crew gains a lot of attention from the Marine Forces and the World government who want to put an end to the Pirate Era. In every turn of their journey, the straw hat pirates are constantly tested and are put up against powerful adversaries and situations that they must defeat and overcome to attain their goals. Risk - Being a pirate alone is quite risky, in addition to this, the thought of sailing on the sea with the constant threat of drowning, being attacked by other pirates, marines, the destruction that comes on the uncharted waters are quite intimidating; but not for the Straw Hat Pirates. They love taking risks, which includes sailing right through the most dangerous storm or riding a stream that knocks you up into the sky in hopes of seeing a sky island or barging into a heavily guarded marine base to save a friend. They have done it all. Transformation – They are the most essential element in adventure fiction. Seeing our Protagonist grow often has a great impact on the viewer or reader. Throughout the series, Luffy’s driving force was to grow stronger to protect his friends. He throws himself in every risk and learns and grows through it. The crew is determined to sail through the second half of the grand line called the New World. But they are soon met with the reality, that they were not strong enough to continue. After being defeated by a Pirate affiliated with the world government, the crew was split into different directions of the world against their will as a result of the fight. After the execution of his pirate brother Ace, Luffy conveys attempts to convey to his crew to meet him after two years so he can grow stronger to protect, so he will never lose someone close to him ever again. The whole crew uses this as an opportunity to grow in strength and skill. The crew ultimately meets after their transformation and sails to the New World, with stronger motivation, bonds, and inspiration. Another interesting story is Jumanji, a film based on the 1981 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg and the first installment of the Jumanji franchise. The story centers on a supernatural board game that releases jungle-based hazards upon its players with every turn they take. As a boy in 1969, Alan Parrish became trapped inside the game itself while playing with his friend, Sarah Whittle. Twenty-six years later, siblings Judy and Peter Shepherd find the game, begin playing and then unwittingly release the now-adult Alan. After tracking down Sarah, the quartet resolves to finish the game to reverse all of the destruction it has caused. Some famous adventure fiction novels are Harry Potter by J.K Rowling and Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien. Good adventure fiction draws us into a world that we may have never thought of. We may begin to exercise new elements in our life inspired by the characters which we might otherwise never have thought of. We get caught up in the story and learn something even though we never intended to. We begin to anticipate and imagine and have ‘what if’ questions all the time. One more season! One more chapter! Is often a plea by viewers to know what happens next. In my opinion, adventure fiction is undoubtedly the best concept to invest time in.     Citation “Literary Terms.” Literary Terms. 1 June 2015. 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