Harry Potter and The Order of Children… Lessons Learnt

i think you need to get a life. This is what you spend your time doing? Really? Eff off.

Oh my… you can clearly tell that you certainly have not read the books.

For starters, Harry Potter is a half-blood. Voldemort is half-blood too.

How on Earth does Harry ‘traumatize’ the Dursleys?! I would think it much more appropraite the other way around.

“Harry Potter is all about escapism. Any fairly tale is about escapism, HP isn’t an exception.”
^^ That’s why I *like* reading Harry Potter, and most of the other books I read. I *like* escaping from the real world into a world where magical things are real. It’s fun! So Harry Potter is unsuitable for children because it’s all about escapism, but common knowledge fairy tales like Cinderella and Snow White are suitable? Yep, makes so much sense.

You cannot wrap children in cotton wool. Isn’t that what you were just condeming, escapism from the real world? And yet you’re saying that children shouldn’t be exposed to real things happening in the real world?

Before you heave out your opinions on things, why not learn about what you’re talking about first, you hypocrite.

Hahaha. This is quite possibly the worst argument I’ve ever heard against Harry Potter.

1. Harry couldn’t be a better role model. He’s constantly making sacrifices for people he loves. And how can you feel sorry for the Dursely’s? They’re every bit of the stupid bigots you describe in your fourth point!

2. I’m pretty sure it’s called Harry Potter. Therefore, he is the main character. It does not teach kids you’ve got to be lucky…It teaches kids how to deal with what theyve been given with. i.e. Harry’s got the short end of the stick, and yet he faces his face head on. Malfoy, portrayed as evil, has everything he ever wanted and is hated by the general public. See that?

3. …So..exactly what’s the problem, here?

4. Harry Potter’s world is racist. The ENTIRE PLOT OF THE BOOK is about how that’s a BAD THING. If anything, this series teaches kids how STUPID it is. By making awesome characters like Dobby and Hermione, Rowling shows that purity of blood has nothing to do with anything. “It is not what we are born, but what we grow to be.”

Why don’t you actually ask a child what theyve learned from the series? I’ve grown up on Harry Potter. My morals completely stem from the series. It’s not only about growing up, but also about the power of love, and good vs evil. Of course there’s darkness and evil abound…but it’s not like Harry’s doing dark magic. It’s not like he’s condoning racism and killing! Quite the opposite. So, I answer your question with another: HOW could that be a bad thing?

I’ve never read anything so utterly stupid.
1. If you can possible feel sorry for the Dursley’s, then there’s something seriously wrong with you.

2 and 3. Go read the books.

4. That people hate for some arbitrary factor? Um…I think its a wonderful lesson to tach children because it gives a segue for parents to talk about equality. How many times have you seen kids on a playground not wanting to play with one or two of the other children because they were fat? Or had freckles? I remember growing up where my entire elementary school class detested one of our students because she was a Jehovah’s Witness and wouldnt pledge allegiance to the flag or participate in class parties. Kids arent pure while lambs of innocence.

Harry was half-blood not a mudblood, you idiot! And so was Lord Voldemort. Lots of people were opposed to the oppression of house-elves and other magical creatures (Harry, Hermione, Dumbledore to name a few). Harry wasn’t lucky that Lord Voldemort murdered his parents and tried to murder him! That Lord Voldemort made him the chosen one so therefore giving Harry the weapons to destroy him. Harry longed to be normal and have his parents raise him instead of two extremely abusive and unloving relatives and a bullying cousin. You don’t get any of the character’s. It sounds like you haven’t even watched the films nevermind read the books, so don’t comment on things that you don’t/can’t understand.

first i would like to say to “nendad ristic” … puhhhhhlease… dont bother a mindless rant and ignore the intelligent online conversation

go tatjana i love you, these guy (the one who posted and the other who replied need to be verbally shot down with their crack-pot theories and rants)

in response to Harry Potter and the Order of Children: i think u are very correct in saying the books got darker and more adult but so did the fanbase (to an extent) only the most mature of children would not be influenced by the dark portrayal of such a plot.

Lessons learned from Harry Potter Books
i so much disagree with 1-3 that if u thought them through there isnt a reason for me to dicuss them and as to #4 it is the varying views of racism that allow this book to be allowed for children to read because it lets them take their own side (even if the “good” side wins) eventually slavery looked like it was on the decline so it wouldnt do too much harm to society in that respect.

overall the series helped me in my views of good and evil as i went through puberty and my brain developed so did the plot and it mentioned that there is always more to a person and or group of people than one would ever imagine plus the fact that even the most evil and hated individuals can become friends (a.k.a. malfoys minus lucius).

as to whether or not it was good for society depends on if anyone takes this fictional book seriously other than a form of entertainment and/or easy reading and if they dont they must be horrible to society in the first place leeching bad influences from every source possilbe.

It is always nice to find comments from people about some book they have not read. Harry is a mud-blood, his mother is a muggle-born. All the facts you describe as luck have A REASON given in the books, and are results of causes.
About the birth issue: the problem for Harry is exactly the fact that he HAS RECEIVED so much through birth, he would, as he states in his mind sitting towards Neville, rather like Neville to be on his place, with all this weight on hos shoulders.
As I see it, the writer himself is placing the adventurous life of Harry Potter on a pedestal, while he leaves the idyllic family life of Ron and the untroubled life of smart Hermione who gets all the boys she wants to take second and third place.
Any book will be always be just a mirror for its reader.

I personally do not like reading too much into a work of escapist fiction, although the reason I do not consider Harry Potter books very good for children is simple:

They are just not very good.