Sunday, October 18, 2015

Spiritual Education

After re-watching lots of the Harry potter films and re-reading the first novel, the story has lots of motifs and good advice for young people. The love of the Harry Potter books kids have is awesome; most people my age were going to the midnight premiers of these books for they could be the first to read through the novel. Its no wonder these books did so well, because J.K. Rowling really marketed this story to the youth population.


Fantasy is something Harry Potter really did so successful; the books were made for each year Harry was at Hogwarts. So as this is going on we can fully connect with this character, because we are growing up with harry as he has to conquer more and more at Hogwarts. I think the biggest motif in all of the Harry Potter books is being able to understand friendship and you couldn’t complete anything without true friendship. No matter how strong someone is they can’t face four people weaker then them. Harry Potter has so many backups in all the fights he has that in the long run he really isn’t the hero his family and friend group is. I think off of that friends will have to make really hard decisions to protect one another.  Harry and Ron are always getting each other’s backs in this film and I think that’s something J.K Rowling was trying to preach throughout this serious. Even though someone who isn’t related to you can have your back harder than someone who is a sibling or parental figure.  The most obvious lesson she wanted to tell is being a good person will pay off. Harry and his friend group are constantly trying to do more for others and be considerate. I think growing up and reading these stories shaped the way I viewed good values and the benefits of being a good person. Harry Potter was not only a great story it also fit the needs of true fantasy and being able to relate to this beautiful world.

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