Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Week 7: The Novel of Spiritual Education


The words “Harry Potter” bring a lot of thoughts into the minds of the millennial generation. Castles, owls, qudditch, chocolate frogs I could go on and on about it. Many of us drew up reading the series as kids and we got to grow into them as the darkness grew in the series. I got lucky and had a really nice sweet spot in the year I was born. When I was 11 the first movie came out, the age you start at Hogwarts. Then my senior year of high school the final book came out.
            Despite growing up and into it, I think the Harry Potter series offers a strong cast of likeable characters that are all well defined and explored over the course of the seven books. Sprinkling death over almost all the books, JK Rowling managed to never make readers feel like their favorite could still be the victims of the evil magic of these world. At the same time there is a sense of hope through out everything. Death isn’t something you can escape and that is one of the main themes of the series. At the same time you have to learn how to accept death as well, because it’s part of life and you will come face to face with.
            Though not my favorite  Secondly, this were much of the fun happens. The crazy every favor beans, the fore mentioned frogs, owls, dragons, and so many other things are touched are on the original. It’s not as child to lose yourself with all the whimsy of the first novel.
in the series the Sorcerers Stone probably has the strongest aspects of this week’s theme. It’s the most school focused of any of the others the final victory being winning the house cup.
           

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