Comments on: With Harry at the End http://theculturebeat.com/2007/08/12/with-harry-at-the-end/ Movies, TV, Faith, Comics, Books, Media, etc Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:22:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Alex http://theculturebeat.com/2007/08/12/with-harry-at-the-end/#comment-2072 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:08:11 +0000 http://www.theculturebeat.com/?p=406#comment-2072 Thanks, both of you. I’m not sure how much can be accomplished when you’re trying to convince someone who is simply unwilling to ponder the reasons you believe the books are so good and not dangerous. Some simply can’t accept that anything good can come out of somthing called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I myself needed convincing by a friend who explained the classic Christian symbolism in the Patronus charm in Prisoner of Azkaban–that’s what really began to draw me in to the series (rather than the first two films which I only really appreciated after “getting” what the books were. My friend, Scripps Howard columnist Terry Mattingly wrote a column, “J. K. Rowling, Inkling?” that helped move me toward the books. It’s at:
http://tmatt.gospelcom.net/column/2003/06/18/

And the book, “Looking for God in Harry Potter” is John Granger’s penetrating look at the Christian, alchemic and literary patterns written in an accessible style.

But some folks either simply don’t care enough about this kind of fantasy story or simply feel they should stay away from them and you have to respect them enough to let them be until they indicate openness.
Thanks again for writing.

]]> By: Kathy Schwenke http://theculturebeat.com/2007/08/12/with-harry-at-the-end/#comment-2071 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:24:57 +0000 http://www.theculturebeat.com/?p=406#comment-2071 Hi

Thank you for a great article. I have always loved the books and struggled to defend them to others. You have put into words what i was thinking!

Kathy

]]> By: Jim http://theculturebeat.com/2007/08/12/with-harry-at-the-end/#comment-2070 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:25:30 +0000 http://www.theculturebeat.com/?p=406#comment-2070 Alex,
I thought this was very well written with excellent and to my mind insightful ideas, especially the one about the difficulty with making good characters interesting and that is one reason for the books’ appeal. You should work this up into an article!

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