Comments on: Defending Harry Potter from Christian naysayers (rated 3 stars)

By: jill

jill — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:29:54 +0000

sorry - NOT a fan of harry (long time, no write. i know :)
not a fan of alot of things that promote witchcraft, warlocks, etc. i don’t necessarily get ticked at Christians who do, since they have the same Holy Spirit I do, and they know what their convictions are. at least i hope they do. i think i worry that Christians are becoming a little too passive in recognizing what satan can do and what he does do. he preys on adults AND children, and will use many avenues to do so. will he do so without harry? of course, but why open a child’s mind up to that? imagination is good, but parents must be careful in what their child’s mind is imagining about. that’s the main concern i have about harry. yes, he’s different from CS Lewis, in that it was a CLEAR picture of Christ in the Lion, witch and wardrobe, and Lewis was a Christian when he wrote it. same with tolkien. i know i’m probably the minority in the readers of your site, but it wouldn’t be me if i didn’t express myself. LOL

By: Marylee Noble

Marylee Noble — Wed, 02 May 2007 01:11:48 +0000

We’ve also pre-ordered the lastest Harry Potter. I did it last night at B & N.
Now, of course, you need to re-read “The Order of the Phoenix” before you see the movie in July. That’s the rule around our house - re-read before seeing the movie.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 01 May 2007 18:22:19 +0000

Great corrective, Mark. You’re right. He COULD have written in a way that would be vastly more engaging. However, it WAS obvious the guy knew his stuff.

His material fills a niche. Perhaps someone else will build on his work in a way that will work “magic” with it?

By: Mark W.

Mark W. — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:58:06 +0000

Jeff,

You shouldn’t be too surprised that J. K. Rowling makes ues of “classical Greek and Latin symbolism.” Any good writer does. Poetics have not developed all that much since Aristotle’s time, and the Greeks and Romans were masters of the narrative arts. All European scholarship is also based solidly upon studying the “classics,” so all this proves is that Rowling is educated in the art of writing. I think that the following her books have gathered in the past several years also speaks to her skills as a master storyteller.

I must say that I don’t at all agree with the implication of your claim that, “This guy is either a LOT smarter than me, or this book was a real snoozer.” Since when does high-level intellectual discourse get lumped together with awful, boring writing? IF the guy was smart, his writing would reflect it. If it was especially dry, let me tell you, it had nothing to do with his smarts and everything to do with poor writing skills. As there are probably not a lot of people itching to write a book on this exact topic though, I guess you’ve got to deal with the writing of the person who is willing to make the effort.

As for Harry Potter, in general: I’, with K.T. - Harry is cool…I also want his invisibility cloak so badly!

By: K.T.

K.T. — Tue, 01 May 2007 12:29:56 +0000

Sorry,already a Potter fan.:)