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Why Is It Important To Read Harry Potter?

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A lifetime of magical memories Growing up I didn’t have many friends. Reading became my get away instead of playing outside. The one book that I found that I could get away with was the Harry Potter series. This series has taken on a new world for me. Harry Potter takes people to a new universe and has defined a generation. I will be taking a closer look as to why this series is a great series for people to read. As I mentioned above, these books take on a new world for the reader. When growing up I was bullied a lot for the way I looked and how I sounded. My eighth grade teacher convinced my mom that she should let me read the Harry Potter books. With much convincing my mom eventually caved in. That was the best decision she has ever made …show more content…

With hearing about more ladies in the world pulling towards feminism or woman’s equality, the ladies in the books are a great influence. The ladies such as Hermione, Luna, Mrs. Weasly, Ginny, even the evil Bellatrix, all are strong willed individuals who can help themselves in almost any situation they have fallen into. This is a great example to girls growing up. It sets the tone in a young ladies life where you can help yourself in a situation but you also aren’t afraid to ask for help if the situation needs it. There are so many other types of things that the harry potter books have to offer. You can pull so many life lessons from them. Never judge a book by its cover is one of the lessons, another is that friendship is a great thing. There are many other life lessons from the …show more content…

Arguments have been made that all these books do is promote death, witches, and devil worshiping. I can see where people are coming from with this argument. Yes this is a book about young wizards and witches, yes this book deals with death, and yes it also deals with a group of people “worshiping” their “lord”. Coming from a Christian reformed background I can see where parents would get scared to let their kids read this because of those things. Since I have read these books, even though I am a Christian, I don’t think I turned out to be a devil worshiping witch wannabee. I am going to school to be a Bible teacher. I believe parents just need to have a little faith in their kids to make the best

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