A Different Take
As I finalized my Harry Potter research paper this week I was reading some works that others had done on the novel and I realized that so many people had done some great analyses, but it was mainly over morality. I caught myself reading other people’s work and almost forgot how much I had to get done. My paper was over friendships and I really wanted to change my whole paper, but I knew I couldn’t possibly do that at the last minute so I figured I’d share my thought on here.
Harry and his friends, Ron and Hermione, go through numerous adventures throughout the book and people were talking about how the books weren’t good for children to read because Harry and his friends had to lie and deceive to achieve their ultimate goal. I’m not sure I agree with them about not letting children read the series for that reason. As long as children know that this story is fiction, I think they should be able to form their own opinion on the book. If these kids parents were worried about their children reading the Harry Potter series, that shows me that the parents didn’t have much faith in their children when it came to being influenced. Children will go and try new things just to see what they can get away with, but with good parenting and strong moral and ethical values I think the children reading these books could come to the conclusion that Harry, Ron, and Hermione were encountering some wild adventures that aren’t reality. They should know lying isn’t practical in every day life and if the parents are still worried that their children won’t make the right decisions then the parents should sit down and discuss what their children’s reasons are for thinking it’s okay to lie and why they think that rather than depriving them of the book in general.
Harry and his friends, Ron and Hermione, go through numerous adventures throughout the book and people were talking about how the books weren’t good for children to read because Harry and his friends had to lie and deceive to achieve their ultimate goal. I’m not sure I agree with them about not letting children read the series for that reason. As long as children know that this story is fiction, I think they should be able to form their own opinion on the book. If these kids parents were worried about their children reading the Harry Potter series, that shows me that the parents didn’t have much faith in their children when it came to being influenced. Children will go and try new things just to see what they can get away with, but with good parenting and strong moral and ethical values I think the children reading these books could come to the conclusion that Harry, Ron, and Hermione were encountering some wild adventures that aren’t reality. They should know lying isn’t practical in every day life and if the parents are still worried that their children won’t make the right decisions then the parents should sit down and discuss what their children’s reasons are for thinking it’s okay to lie and why they think that rather than depriving them of the book in general.