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  1. Harry Potter Controversy -- Stories
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  2. Harry Potter Controversy -- Series
    Aspects of the Harry Potter series have even entered the real world, harry potter slash fiction such as Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, which inspired an harry potter backgrounds actual product of that name marketed by the Jelly Belly Company. Also, harry potter and the order of the phoenix movie trailer knitting patterns have been created for the Quidditch Sweater and harry potter and the prisoner of askaban elf socks.
  3. Harry Potter Controversy -- Books
    Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is the boy-wizard star of author J.K. Rowling's series of children's books by the same name. The character is orphaned as an infant when an evil nemesis murdered his wizard parents. Harry survives, living with his aunt and uncle, the Dursleys, unaware of the legend surrounding his childhood. A mysterious invitation arrives on his 11th birthday, inviting him to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The movie follows Harry during his first year at the school, where he discovers the world of magic.
  4. Harry Potter Controversy -- Childrens
    Harry Potter is a good role model for children. Harry is a boy wizard that despite all the hard breaks he has in his life still manages to prevail over his adversaries. The stories are full of universal themes. Learning to face up to fears, standing up for what one believes in and realizing that people with different backgrounds can work together and become friends are skills that everyone could use reminding of (Walker). In J. K. Rowling's first Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry and his friends are faced with challenges to overcome the evil Lord Voldemort. They must work together in order to fight the villain.
  5. Harry Potter Controversy
    Do you know how much you can get for a first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone? If you have a copy, dig it out. You might be surprised at what it's worth. Read all about it and more about collecting Harry Potter books here.
  6. Harry Potter Controversy -- Magic
    [T]o address the main concern of the critics of the Harry Potter series- does Harry Potter use magic and wizardry? Yes, he does. But in the big ending scene, it is interesting to note that Witchcraft and spells play a very small role in the final victory over the forces of evil. Harry and his friends bring very human skills to play in their efforts to track down and stop the villains. Skills that they have learned to trust in themselves-and value in each other.
  7. Harry Potter Controversy -- Students
    The article criticizes Rowling for an incident in which Harry has a conflict between taking the honorable action or following the instructions of his teacher. This is an apparent reference to an incident in which a student is injured during broomstick-flying lessons. The teacher told the class to not practice with their broomsticks while she took the student to the nurse. One student stole an object and flew away with it, threatening to damage it. Harry disobeyed the teacher and retrieved the stolen item. The author of the article apparently believes that teacher's orders must be obeyed under all circumstances.
  8. Harry Potter Controversy -- Hogwarts School
    While Raincoast was embroiled in the Harry Potter controversy, the Manitoba Frontier School Division was facing a similarly troubling situation. Last year, the Stark Museum in Orange, Texas donated four reproductions of paintings by Paul Kane, one of Canada’s leading artists during the 1800s. The paintings were seen as a homecoming of sorts since one of the portraits features the only known likeness of aboriginal elder Ogemawwah Chack, “The Spirit Chief,” who is a direct ancestor of many local residents.
  9. Harry Potter Controversy -- Biblical Christians
    Harry Potter has experienced broad popularity because his appeal cuts across demographic and religious lines. The vast majority of teens – regardless of gender, ethnicity, faith, or other characteristics – has been personally exposed to the story. For instance, even a large majority of teenagers from groups that have objected most stridently to the stories of wizards and witchcraft have indulged in this fantasy world. Three-quarters of all church-going teens (77%) and born again Christian teenagers (78%) have seen or read Potter.
  10. Harry Potter Controversy -- Lord Voldemort
    Some characters in the Harry Potter novels are evil. This is a fact that J. K. Rowling says was intentional. Lord Voldemort is a non-physical “dark magic” that has the ability to make others his slaves by inhabiting their bodies. Rowling said in an interview for Time Magazine, “If you're choosing to write about evil, you really do have a moral obligation to show what it means” (Rowling). If evil was not present in children's literature, then children would have no basis for conception of the sacred. In The Gospel According to Harry Potter, Connie Neal suggests that the evil wizard Voldemort “represents Satan, in a struggle between good and evil that helps young readers make moral decisions” (Pearson).
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