2007-08-12 16:06:03 · 15 answers · asked by Mika-Anne 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I am asking these questions cause I am doing a persausive speech on harry potter. I want as many opinions as possible if that can happen.
2007-08-12 16:22:26 · update #1
No I don't think that it does at all.
The thing is that people need to relize the difference between reality and fantasy. If they can't figure that out then they shouldn't be reading books like Harry Potter. If parents believe that it teachers witchcraft then that is there problem. Its people like Laura Mallory who has been trying to ban the books for years, that really bug me. If you don't want your children reading it, FINE! But please stop trying to ruin it for everyone else. I might add that she has not ever read one of the books!
If Harry Potter is evil and teaches witchcraft then that means you are also saying that most fairytales are also teaching witchcraft. Just look at some like Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and other fairy tales like Grimm Brothers, Lord of the Rings, and Narnia! The world is full of fantasy books and you can't say one book is evil when there are tones of others out there that are the same thing. I grew up hearing stories like Sleeping Beauty. Even classics that people have to read for school are full of fantasy. Such as A Midsummer Nights Dream. (One of my favorite plays!)
If children can not tell the differnce between fanasy and real life then it is there parents fault for not teaching them the difference. Every child should grow up and remember there parents telling these stories to them. Not trying to get them banned!
2007-08-12 16:24:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not! Harry Potter doesn't really teach anything more than a normal FICTIONAL novel would. My mom didn't really like it when my sister and I got into Harry Potter, but what one has to understand about novels is that they are FICTION and not meant to teach anyone anything. If you're old enough to get through the Harry Potter books, you should be old enough to know that not everything you read is true and that it's just a story for entertainment purposes. Harry Potter books as entertainment for those who read them aren't any worse than movies for entertainment for those who watch them, no matter what the subject material is.
2007-08-13 05:23:08 · answer #2 · answered by Kristie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The so-called magic in Harry Potter is barely disguised Latin. A classic example are two "spells". Leviosa has the same basic root as the word "levitate" which means to float. Luminous is a common word referring to the giving of light. A light bulb is luminous. How luminous a light bulb is is measured in lumens.
The potions class is simply Chemistry. Of course, we shouldn't encourage kids to take an interest in chemistry because they might become scientists or terrorists.
Latin is also a dangerous tool. People who study Latin generally become scientists or scholars. Very dangerous. Look what happened when J. K. Rowling studied it.
The "magic" is just the trappings around a story about good v. evil and a boy growing up. Nothing sinister in that.
2007-08-12 16:40:33 · answer #3 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. They teach many things including not to judge a book by it's cover (consider Snape, Quirrell, the fake Moody, and Sirius), being respectful to one's parents (at least once in the series one or more of the Weasley kids are yelled at for this), the value of friends and family, the value of learning over ignorance (how many times was it that Hermione was the only one who knew the proper spell because she actually paid attention?) courage, etc. But they don't teach witchcraft nor are they evil. The series is all about good triumphing over evil.
2007-08-12 16:23:16 · answer #4 · answered by knight1192a 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No evil witchcraft going on in Harry Potter. They're just fun books.
2007-08-12 16:14:30 · answer #5 · answered by muriel12 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter teaches great values.
Those that think it teaches witchcraft belong in the stone age where they tried to burn people as witches for being different than themselves.
2007-08-12 16:19:51 · answer #6 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think Harry Potter teaches values, like courage and perseverance and honesty. It does not teach witchcraft. If it did, I would still read it.
2007-08-12 16:12:13 · answer #7 · answered by Tammerz 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
1) They do not teach witchcraft
2) They are not evil
However, they *may*, because of their popularity, influence children to pursue a study of witchcraft. In other words, something like this: "Wow! I really like HP. Someday I want to be just like him. What do I have to do to become a wizard?" You might be surprised at how many requests for spells, incantations, potions, etc. are asked for in the religion section of Y!A.
Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com
2007-08-12 16:55:40 · answer #8 · answered by JimPettis 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
absolutly not.
Harry Potter teaches about friendship and loyalty if anything.
People are emensly close minded about these books for no good reason,
why because they are different?
Because they don't talk about what the bible does?
Harry Potter has nothing to do with religon.
It does not attack anyones religon, nor does support one.
There is nothing wrong with these books just not being your (anyones) cup of tea,
but it just goes with the old saying
"Don't judge a book by its cover"
literaly.
Good luck with your project.
Sorry this isn't my best support for the books but i have just almost used all of the rest of my feelings for them on people who are unreasonably again the books.
2007-08-12 16:55:11 · answer #9 · answered by c8 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Real witchcraft doesn't involve transfiguring coffee mugs into birds or riding on dragons. The books are PURE fantasy...they only teach kids about imagination and how much fun reading can be.
2007-08-12 16:12:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋