Quests are some of the most famous stories of all time. Stories with a hero, an antagonist, a destination, a reason to go there, and challenges along the way. These types of stories are always appealing, but why? Maybe because the hero typically overcomes an evil character? Nah. Maybe because the hero overcomes some bad-ass feats and destroys the antagonist in some epic battle? Yes, that's got to be it.
Harry Potter is definitely my all-time favorite quest. It's pretty popular so I won't waste time giving you a synopsis. Basically, what makes it a quest is that it has a hero (Harry), an antagonist (Voldemort), a destination (well, more like a feat, which is defeating the person trying to murder him), a reason to go there (ending evil in the wizarding world), and challenges along the way (his friends dying, fighting off Voldemort, and tasks like retrieving the sorcerer's stone, slaying the basilisk, freeing an innocent prisoner, fighting Voldemort, fighting Voldemort, watching another friend die, and eventually defeating Voldemort). That's about as questy as it gets for any readers.
