Write an essay exploring the appeal and function of daemons in Northern Lights.

Philip Pullman has said that the idea for Pantalaimon, Lyra’s daemon, came to him as the solution to a very practical story-telling problem: how do you show what’s going on in a character’s head, without resorting to clunky explanations? He continues: “Then I saw what the daemons were, and what they did, and how important they were, and I realized that they were a very good way into the whole story.” Write an essay exploring the appeal and function of daemons in Northern Lights.