Just how much did she rip off from CS Lewis anyway? The more I read her works and Lewis' works the more I see she is using his stuff. Has anyone else niticed this and what other items did you find?
2006-08-29 03:50:00 · 8 answers · asked by the_bearded_jedi 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Um... Ya. I did.
CS Lewis: The Book: That Hideous Strength: the Head of the Prisoner who's name is "Alkazan".
JK whoever: Harry Potter Books: the Prison, "Azcaban".
Hey what about her saying she was only doing 7 books in honor of the 7 books from Lewis' Narnia set?
Think about it...
2006-08-29 03:57:16 · update #1
JK Rowling is admittedly a huge fan of CS Lewis. She has said that she can't be in a room with Lewis' books without picking them up!
Authors, especially well-read ones, borrow from each other a LOT. There are classic themes that wind their way through many books. If you remember your high school lit lessons, you will recall all the references made to other books, poetry, mythology, and plays that authors make in in the course of telling their own stories. Shakespeare, for example, used a lot of material from classical literature in the writing of his plays.
Here is a website that directly adresses your question, because it compares JK Rowling to CS Lewis and JRR Tolkein.
http://www.ev90481.dial.pipex.com/harry_potter_granger.htm
Here is an excerpt from that website:
"She has also said that she is a great admirer of the Inklings, especially Lewis. When compared with him, she says that Lewis is a genius and she is not, which response suggests that she sees him as something of a mentor. She admits to being physically incapable of being in the same room with a Narnia book and not sitting down to read it.
If she had not said these things, the many allusions to Narnia and Lewis's books on education and literature would have brought us to the same conclusion. The professor hero in the Narnia books, for example, is named 'Digory Kirke' and is Lewis's self-portrait; Dumbledore's forceful admonition to us in Goblet to 'Remember Cedric Diggory' is a flashing neon road sign directing critical traffic to her role model."
2006-08-30 01:34:25 · answer #1 · answered by crazyperson1972 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Huh? I've read all of CS Lewis's space trilogy and all the Harry Potter books. And I have no clue what you are talking about.
Could you give specific examples please?
Alkazan = Azcaban? They just both sound like Arabic words to me. They both just sound like the real prison Alcatraz to me. I see no relation at all between the concepts in the two different books.
I see a lot of mythology in both CS Lewis books and in JK Rowling books that is much older than either of them.
And I see little to no similarity in style or in concept between between these two series of books. And no sign of plagarism.
I think you have just found a teny-tiny similarity (just two words that sound alike but did not have anything in common) and tried to make a big deal out of it.
2006-08-29 10:56:13 · answer #2 · answered by mikayla_starstuff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh there are plenty of similarities to other famous books:
centaurs are star gazers.... similar to Narnia (but also similar to mythological basics)
the mermaid/mermen were "ugly", just as in Narnia
dementors very similar to the black riders in LOTR
there are more..but u know what? it doesn't detract at all to the unique characters and fun plots of Harry potter and the gang. Ron, Hermione, Neville are all really good characters, and endearing. i love those books...if u don't like it... don't read it! :P
2006-08-29 12:21:12 · answer #3 · answered by sasmallworld 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Poo is, has been, and shall be forever more.
(Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 NIV) What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. {10} Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.
2006-08-29 11:36:05 · answer #4 · answered by warehaus 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well, yeah, youre right! But, i think she did a great job with HP, cause her books were more successful! However, the fact is that nobody cares for this "lack of originality"...
2006-08-29 11:01:52 · answer #5 · answered by Taste the rainbow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Make a detailed comparison and publish it. Not just book titles.
2006-08-29 10:53:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
she thought it up on her own she dosn't need cs lewis for that
2006-08-29 12:06:45 · answer #7 · answered by unowho104 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thanks MB!
Oh, and by the way "The Bearded...", ever heard of dictionary.com? Really good reference in spelling!
2006-08-29 10:56:28 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋