Sunday, April 13, 2008

Harry Potter Censorship Issues

I agree that there are many thematic issues present in Harry Potter. The one that touched me the most is the power of love. I loved how the reason that Quirrell/Voldemort could not touch Harry was because his mother's love is what protected him in the first place. Voldemort tells Harry that the only reason his mother died was because she tried to protect her son. I think Neville Longbottom showed loyalty and courage whenever he tried to go find Harry to tell him that Malfoy knew about the dragon and was going to tell the professors. He could have gotten in lots of trouble but he decided he needed to help his friends. Harry's desire was to get that stone before the stone was taken by the "evil" power. When he looked in the Mirror of Erised, he desired this stone so the stone magically appeared in his pocket. Harry's determination also was displayed whenever Harry, Ron, and Hermione went through the trapdoor to find the stone. Harry was going to do whatever it took to get that stone. He went through fire and drank the potion and made sure his friends were safe. He also was determined that Voldemort was not going to hurt him or his friends. Harry was always forced to break the rules and rebel so he could keep up with Malfoy just because he despised him so much. For example, the incident when the students were not supposed to fly while the teacher wasn't there, but Malfoy tempted Harry and off they went! He also snooped around a lot whenever he felt that Snape was up to something and was trying to steal the stone.

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