Dragon Evolution

Introduction
The dragon has had many descriptions since the belief that they ever existed in the earth’s surface. Amongst the definitions proposed, include a huge serpent, a fabulous animal that represented as a monstrous winged and scaly serpent, or an animal with a crested head and enormous claws. Other definitions believe that dragons may prefer to very scary, huge animals in a reptilian form with very distinctive characteristics from those of other reptiles. Whichever the definition proposed for the dragon it should include a huge animal that can conjure fear and dread, usually with wings. In this essay, the latter definition is adopted to help us define the fantasy behind the evolution of the dragons (John, 219).

Evolution of Dragons
Where are the dragons? Where did they come from? Do we really believe in their existence? How sure can we be that these creatures existed? These are some of the questions we ask whenever the name dragon mentioned (Bates, 58). Dragon stories and myths have been around for a long time with a fantasy in existence. Some scholars believe that the story of the dragon is to help in shunning down some behaviors that the majority and the well off did to the minority and the speechless in the society. Elliot Smith, a renowned scholar proposed that dragons evolved from the story of a king who refused to die when it was time to. According to him, the aging king refused to be slain and called upon the ‘Great Mother’ as the only one who gave life to give him life (John, 221).

The rejuvenation of the king however required some sacrifices to be made which involved blood shedding. The ‘giver of life’ as they called her advised the aging king to shed blood in order to be rescued from dying and be rejuvenated. Unfortunately, the sacrifice was to be a human body and since the king wanted to live, he never cared about fellow human beings he sacrificed someone else. This unethical and unaccepted act made  the development of an animal or creature with the same characters as the king (Bates, 76).

It has never been proved whether these so-called dragons exist. Most of their evolutionary theories, stories and histories are a mere fantasy and fiction. Other scholars believe that they were developed as a form of entertainment. In this respect, Bates (65) also believes that the evolution of dragons was developed to discourage uncouth behavior. He brings this out when he states that the reason as to why the dragons started existing was to stop some people from colonizing others. In his narration, the Anglo-Saxon invaders were happy when they landed in Roman Empire as they thought they were going to be rich. One day, when they went to swim, the monsters appeared to scare them away from a land that had grabbed (Berman 53).

Most of these stories and myths are fantasies with a lot of fiction in them. None of these stories are real and no one has ever seen a dragon. It is narrated in these stories that different continents have different types of dragons. Because of all these fantasy. Gust narrates how a movie or a story regarding a dragon develops. In essence, he narrates how he believes the dragon started being in the earth tales. In the process of existence, there is always a quest for a hero and his journey. The hero may have done tremendous deeds of annoying and exploitative deeds. This calls for explanation of the hero’s journey he or she took to be a hero. This leads to an adventure into fantasy (Gust 64).

The fantasy may be heroic or epic after which a person who wants to use the dragon issue to bring out the story develops a theme. This is the message to relay to the audience. Since the main character is non-existent, there is step of forming the fantasy land so that the audience will feel as if they are in real world when they are not (Berman 54). This aids in effective passing of the theme to the audience. It is followed by setting the surrounding of the scene locations to bring out the picture of reality even when it is of fantasy (Gust 65). In the process of staging the fantasy, the characters will be crafted of which the main character will be either a dragon or someone depending on the theme.

For instance, if the author or director wants to pass a theme of selfishness of the majority, the dragon will act as bloodthirsty and selfish creature but later on be killed to pass the desired message. Plotting the path and wording the wonders will follow with sketching the scenes and starting the story coming immediately before trimming the tale. These stories are evolved in different aspects and are very influential especially to the young people (Loy 92).

However, no one has ever proved the existence of such creatures and therefore any story revolving around them is a mere fantasy coupled with fiction in the entertainment and educational world.

Works Cited

Bates, Brian. The Real Middle Earth: Exploring the Magic and Mystery of the Middle Ages, J. R. R. Tolkien, And 'The Lord Of The Rings. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003: Pp 58-76.

Berman, Ruth. "Dragons for Tolkien And Lewis." Myth lore: A Journal of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and the Genres of Myth and Fantasy. 1984: Pp 53-58.

Gust, John. Adventures in fantasy: Lessons and Activities in Narrative and Descriptive Writing. California: John Wiley & Sons Publishers, 2007: Pp 64-65

John, Judith A. "From Death to Rebirth: A Short History of Dragons and Their Presence in Modern Fantasy." Flashes of The Fantastic. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004: Pp 219-228.

Loy, David R., Linda Goodhew, & Jane Hirshfield. The Dharma Buddhist Themes in Modern Fantasy. Boston, Massachusetts: Wisdom, 2004: Pp 92.