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Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

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Katrina Anne Winemiller
Professor Larissa Purvis
English 112
1. November 2014
How Harry Potter and parallels to the Bible
As a professional reviewer, Mike Furches reviews Harry Potter in his blog, “Reviews with Mike Furches: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1” on blogspot.com. Mike’s concern for the dark, scary aspects of the Harry Potter books led him to research the subject more thoroughly, hoping to point out the reasons children should not be reading them. Because of the social, political, and cultural aspects of this work, he felt it was important to inform readers and parents of this questionable side of Harry Potter.
As a former pastor, counselor, freelance writer and speaker, Mr. Mike Furches takes a unique approach in …show more content…

Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, in her interview with Opera Winfrey. Rowling encourages parents to discuss some topics that come up in Harry Potter with their children. She has stated in this interview that she does not believe magic is real.
Although the popularity of Harry Potter has increased world-wide, there are those who would say that Harry Potter is not good for children to read. It is to the skeptics that Mike Furches brings light on this subject. This audience may or may not have a basic knowledge of the Bible – and may or may not have read the Harry Potter books. The wider the knowledge of these two literacy works, the broader the understanding of this article. He compares parts of Harry Potter with such well-known authors as El Frank Baum, and C.S. Lewis. He uses easily understood language written in paragraph style.
At first, the author seems to agree with the crisis’s that have been made by Christians. However, as he analyses further, he can see the similar themes of Christianity within the characters and symbolisms in the series. He brings out the universal theme of good and evil, which is always with us. He agrees with J.K. Rowling that, like in real life, the dementors are dark creatures to feed off of human happiness, causing depression and despair to those in their path. Depression, despair, and evil are part of every day lives. And though some say we should not

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