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?
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.
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
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 |
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.
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| 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
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