He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

Today I was talking to a girl who was brought up similar to me, as in she wasn't allowed to watch or read Harry Potter books when she was a child. She said, "Harry Potter Books gives me nightmares, so I don't read them anymore."


I decided a couple weeks ago that the super natural things that happen in Harry Potter show an adequate representation of the powers of good and evil in the real world. Hell is real. And if Christian like myself want to explain the evil in the world and how much power Satan has. I think Christina should use the stories in Harry Potter to explain what its like.


Back to the girl who said she gets nightmares watching Harry Potter. It makes sense, who wouldn't get frightened about the powers of darkness, and hell. If there was a podcast that Satan made about hell, I'm pretty sure we would all be having nightmares. Just because in a movie you can see the faces of those who kill, lie and steal, in the movies doesn't make those in our world less evil.

Harry Potter the Orphan

Harry sure looks a lot like Frodo and he's Orphaned, too.

I've been wondering why the main characters are always orphaned. Frodo was an orphan. Eragon was an orphan. Luke Skywalker didn't have a father. And then his mother died and he couldn't save her.


It's as if the authors wanted to take a shortcut from dealing with the parent and just had them dead from the beginning. I mean it's a plus right? It make the character seem more sad and pathetic.And generates pity for the character. Then throughout the whole film the hero of the story yearns most for his parents. Family is indeed important, but do they have to be dead to be wanted?

Frodo     +     Harry

Harry Potter wants his parents most dearly; we know this when the mirror shows him. He's all excited to see his loving family and want to show Ron. Ron in turn see himself as being famous and accomplished. (Which isn't as honorable as wanting your dead parents back) Harry Potter might want his parents more than anything but both his friends seem embarrassed by theirs. Ron's father is always getting into trouble and his mother is fickle. And Hermine is embarrassed to be a mudblood.


I think this is a bad example for the children reading these books. Harry Potter has no parents, so he lives with his horrid Aunt and Uncle, which he loathes. So those reading the book will reminded the reader of how much they loath their own parents or guardians and might be inclined to think it better if their parents were dead, too. It doesn't create love or respect for authority.

Elijah Wood and Daniel Radcliffe 

I do see how it would be easier to paint a character who is free to fend for themselves. It makes for a better story. They don't have someone nagging them to do this and that -- to be safe and do the right thing. Instead the character finds out themselves -- This indeed make a more interesting tail. They learn the hard

Falling for Draco Malfoy

The Bully


In the Harry Potter stories, the bully Draco Malfoy is one of the most despised characters. He hates Harry Potter and all his friends. He hates those who aren't pure bloods and wants them dead. He buys his way into playing quiddich. And we readers just like Harry Potter hate his guts.


As I read more and more I realized that Draco never wins. He always comes second. He has his cruel jokes and evil laugh, but in the end he always loses. Harry is always one step ahead. Draco looks like a loser playing quidditch  even though his whole team is outfitted with the latest and greatest brooms they lose. There was even a time the snitch was hovering right next to Draco's head, but he was oblivious to it. I slowly stated to root for the bully, Draco, because he never wins. Even when Draco dueled against Harry. Snape whispered in his ear and they both smiles. Draco gave a snake spell. First everyone was scared and amazed, but then it turns out Harry can speak to snakes. What in the world. 


Draco is inclined to be bad, his dad is bad. They root for Voldemort, but as he never wins. I wonder is he just jealous. I know I would be. Harry Potter is Famous, but he always gets things right. I would hate him too. He's just bitter, who wouldn't be. And plus it's a rivalry. He accused for all these things he never did, such as opening the chamber of secrets. It's not fair. I would hate Drake if he actually was more than all talk. But for now, I just wanna see him win, for once. And then see after he can win, how horrible of a person he really is.

The Chamber of Secrets

Book #2
I have the second book now. I am a fourth of the way through. Reading Harry Potter is like eating cotton candy. When my sister saw me reading she said I was sick for reading the books. What I really wonder is what my mother will say. She's on vacation and she didn't like me watching the movies -- at all.


My brother claims that Harry Potter and his friends always get in trouble and therefore are a bad influence on the young readers. He says it give kids the idea that it's okay to break rules. Which I suppose is true. But I feel that most of the time Harry Potter weighs the pro's and con's and sees that fixing those things that are wrong is top priority. Which I feel is important. We shouldn't be scared into obeying. It should be our nature to do what is right. And if having to break some rules gets in the way I don't see why the rules shouldn't be broken. That is as long as they are willing to reap those consequences.


I hate how Harry Potter lies. He thinks because he's different that no one will understand. In the case when he heard voices and lied about it. It was wrong to lie, but hey no ones perfect.


I like in the book how, the children have influence. They take charge. They depend on each other, They are empowered. These are important attributes. To live a life independent and self sufficient.

The Sorcerer's Stone

Book #1


All through my childhood, I was told that I wasn't allowed to watch or read the Harry Potter series. In those days everything was black and white. I knew what was good and I knew what was bad. Harry Potter was bad. And I knew this because I was told Witches and Wizards using magic is something of the devil.


In school I looked down on other students reading Harry Potter and wrote them off from being my friend. I truly thought it was evil.


Now, years later, I look back astonish how wrong and twisted my viewpoint really was. The first time I was offered to watch one of the movies was in Denmark when I was an exchange student, I was open it see it, but I wanted to start from the beginning. So it wasn't until years later when I saw the first one, The Sorcerers Stone. I was quite excited to see the movie, but some of my family that joined me trash the film and hurt the feelings of the girl who was sharing it with us.


I was excited to see the second movie, but the girl never invited us back, even though I asked several times. It was only recently that I went through and made it my business to see them all. I enjoyed seeing the movies, (which I saw by myself) my family is slightly hostile to it still.


Ironically, my preconceived notion was that Harry Potter was attacking the faith, when in fact it mirrors Christianity. There is even an allude to the crucifiction in the last book.


I thought that I should keep a blog to keep my thoughts written down through this process and document any hating towards the books I will be reading.


So far the only hating I've had was my Aunt telling me that I was wasting a perfectly good Saturday morning reading Harry Potter.