********THE NEVER ENDING STORY ********

The movie started when Bastian went to school. The 3 school boys bullied him. They asked him to give them his lunch money. But Bastian didn’t have any. They threw him into a big garbage box. He went out of the garbage box and hid in a book store. He found a book called the NEVER ENDING STORY. He didn’t want to do math test, so he went in the attic of the school. He read the book stolen from the book store.


The story was about the “The Nothing” which wanted to destroy the world, Fantasia. Only the Empress could save Fantasia. But she was sick and dying. Only Astrayu could save the Empress. She was dying because she needed a new name. Astrayu had to cross the boundary of Fantasia to find a new name for the Empress. Off he went to find Morla, an enormous tortoise, who could tell the secret.

On the way, Atax, Astrayu’s white horse, fell into a hole of the floating sand and died. Astrayu had to walk to find Morla. Morla asked Astrayu to give up his quest to find a new name for the Empress because it was too hard to walk 10,000 miles. But, he didn’t give up. He walked and walked until a beast wanted to kill Astrayu. Fortunately, a lucky dragon, Falkor, saved him. The dragon took Astrayu 9000 miles to the scientist. The scientist had a telescope to see the Sphinexes Gate. Astrayu wanted to cross the Sphinexes Gate. It was very dangerous because if anyone wanted to cross the gate, it would shoot bullets at the person who would die. Nobody in the world could cross it. When the eyes were shut it meant that the person could cross. When the eyes were open, it meant that the person couldn’t cross. But Astrayu made it through the Sphinexes Gate. He ran quickly so the bullets couldn’t hit him. He passed it. So, he went to the Magic Mirror Gate. He went through the Magic Mirror Gate. A big statue told him to find a human child and get a new name for the Empress. The big statue melt down as the “Nothing” was approaching. It was going to destroy the whole world.

Finally, they got back to the Ivory Tower. The world was already broken into pieces. Empress asked Bastian to shout the new name but he didn’t. The Empress gave him a glowing sand and asked him to make wishes as many as he could. Then, he could save Fantasia. His wish was to ride on Falkor. They chased the 3 school boys. They jumped into the big garbage box to hide. That is the end of the story.

I learned that hopes can destroy problems and challenges.