[Faith-talk] a new but related topic

[Kendra Schafer]

Hi all! 
The Harry Potter books are awesome!!! The movies are also good. The story is great. I think that everyone should read it once and decide for themselves what they think later. As a blind person, I think that you have a good chance at being able to relate to Harry Potter himself. 
Kendra 


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> On Oct 18, 2014, at 9:39 PM, qubit via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I was reminded in this discussion of another subject -- since some people 
> are sensitive to references to magic and witches and such, I am wondering 
> what people think of the Harry Potter books.  I wasn't going to read them 
> when they first started getting popular, but when I got into them I found 
> they not only had a lot of creativity and a good story, but also principles 
> that are wholesome.  There are the scary and weird details, but you know, 
> the whole 7 book story seems to weave around Harry Potter and his friends, 
> who are a force for good.  Surprisingly, the kids in the book also go home 
> for Christmas vacation and exchange gifts, and the quality most praised in 
> Harry is his capacity to love, which makes him naturally make all the right 
> choices and gives him the ability to survive all the attacks of the dark 
> lord. In the last book, he is told by the school headmaster who is later 
> killed that to defeat Valdamort once and for all, Harry has to go and let 
> him kill him, then when  Valdamort thinks he has won, Harry is able to 
> resurrect and fights a last duel and destroys Valdamort.
> This I found to be an obvious copy of the story of Christ, in a different 
> sort of way.
> 
> Finally, while the books are full of magic and spells and dark things, and 
> funny terms, if you sit back and think, it is all reminiscent of modern 
> technology, for example, wonds, magic maps, pictures whose characters go 
> visit other pictures, etc.
> 
> I'm sure there are parents on the list who have read HP.  I never saw the 
> movies, but the books are always much more informative for blind readers.
> 
> I just wanted other opinions.
> --le
> 
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