tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post7999198218011386049..comments2024-03-29T15:13:42.610+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The soul in Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-60112659160473743012011-07-18T20:16:34.920+01:002011-07-18T20:16:34.920+01:00Excellent call. I declined to read these when my f...Excellent call. I declined to read these when my family recommended them, but realized they were worth the time when I picked up the fourth one. Thought the first two were a little light, but served the purpose of setting up a world.<br /><br />Your excerpt highlights something that I think is under-appreciated: the proper feelings towards those that have rejected God should ultimately be one of pity, and one should never cease to hope for their salvation. The image of the fearsome Voldemort as a helpless infant creates such a perfect shock. I remember reading that very clearly, and re-reading it a few times before I realized what she was saying.Gave Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-5364594318599093052011-07-17T02:18:19.009+01:002011-07-17T02:18:19.009+01:00Besides the issue I mentioned beforehand (and a co...Besides the issue I mentioned beforehand (and a couple of others) I generally like Harry Potter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-90352205209858174282011-07-17T02:17:05.726+01:002011-07-17T02:17:05.726+01:00The thing I most dislike about Harry Potter is it&...The thing I most dislike about Harry Potter is it's implicit "anti-racism". There is this whole idea that homogenity=inbreeding. I'm pro (magical) full-blood, 3/4 (magical) blood and (magical) half-blood and don't believe that inbreeding in the wizard would be an issue. Another thing is that when Harry Potter (half-blood) married Ginny Weasley (full-blood) and the kids were born in the books they are basically 3/4 (magical) blood yet still described as "half-bloods" as if the father is a muggle and the mother is a witch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-79067910389017782552011-07-16T16:31:03.119+01:002011-07-16T16:31:03.119+01:00@BS - Yes, it's really there in the books (alt...@BS - Yes, it's really there in the books (although not in the movies); but few notice it. <br /><br />It was the discussions between Harry and Nearly-Headless Nick and Luna at the end of Order of the Phoenix (after the deat of Sirius) that alerted me to what was going-on; then I read John Granger ('the Hogwarts Professor') and that of course clinched it. <br /><br />Until that point I saw the books as merely a longer and more intricate example of a modern-style adventure story - but once I had perceived this thread going all through, my appreciation went up an order of magnitude!Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-25764718140639775582011-07-16T15:20:32.724+01:002011-07-16T15:20:32.724+01:00Wow. You really called it: she's more C.S. Lew...Wow. You really called it: she's more C.S. Lewis than anything else.<br /><br />It would be interesting if that re-introduced theological debate to popular fiction, which has been too much about personal drama for too long.Brett Stevenshttp://www.amerika.org/noreply@blogger.com