Click for Source Image By Irene Kovalyova
Books about Harry Potter are some of the most popular in the world; they are even included in the curriculum of some countries. But despite their unbelievable popularity, a large number of parents forbid their children to read them. Why? Their answer is simple. These books advertise practising magic and disobediance. Some priests say that if a child reads these books his or her young and inexperienced soul will be tempted by the Devil. “Then what should children read?” you may ask. They answer: “Old classical fairy tales about Cinderella, Snow-White, Red-Riding Hood, etc”.
Books about Harry Potter are some of the most popular in the world; they are even included in the curriculum of some countries. But despite their unbelievable popularity, a large number of parents forbid their children to read them. Why? Their answer is simple. These books advertise practising magic and disobediance. Some priests say that if a child reads these books his or her young and inexperienced soul will be tempted by the Devil. “Then what should children read?” you may ask. They answer: “Old classical fairy tales about Cinderella, Snow-White, Red-Riding Hood, etc”.
Click for Source Image Well, let’s analyse and compare these fairy tales and find out why children prefer Harry Potter to the good old stories. Cinderella is a nice story about a hard-working and obedient girl who gets her happy ending with the help of….what? Magic! A kind Fairy comes and helps her. Snow-White is also a nice story about a kind-hearted and hard-working girl who is loved by almost everyone and Prince Charming comes to save her. Oh, yes! Please, don’t forget that both these characters are real beauties and their Princes fall in love with them at first sight because of this only. So, what can children learn from them? You must be kind to everybody (even to those who are rude to you and hurt you), work a lot, be timid and you must be beautiful or your Prince or Princess Charming will not notice you! These fairy tales are just this because they tell about people you will hardly meet in your everyday life. And every child understands that as he or she is not perfect, there’s no such thing as a happy ending for them.
But what about Harry Potter? Is this character that far from reality? Children see themselves in this boy. Harry worries whether his school results will be okay. This boy wizard looks much more real and closer to modern children than of those in the fairy tales. Watching this character grow can also be very useful for young readers. Harry is not perfect; he can be wrong but he always regrets his bad deeds. His knows how to be a good friend and values people for their characters and deeds instead of their social status and money. Despite being a famous person, he never gets arrogant. His greatest concerns are to be a son worthy of his parents and to be a good man despite all the features he shares with the Dark Lord. These books do not advertise magic. It’s just a world. J.K. Rowling gives children a very good “moral pill”. And so that the “pill” were not too boring the author puts it into an attractive magic wrapping. The main ideas concerning magic and going through the whole story are that magic is not almighty and the most powerful magic is sacrificial love.
But if you’re still worried that your child can misunderstand something and find fake values…just read the books with him or her and help your child to see the most important things.
But what about Harry Potter? Is this character that far from reality? Children see themselves in this boy. Harry worries whether his school results will be okay. This boy wizard looks much more real and closer to modern children than of those in the fairy tales. Watching this character grow can also be very useful for young readers. Harry is not perfect; he can be wrong but he always regrets his bad deeds. His knows how to be a good friend and values people for their characters and deeds instead of their social status and money. Despite being a famous person, he never gets arrogant. His greatest concerns are to be a son worthy of his parents and to be a good man despite all the features he shares with the Dark Lord. These books do not advertise magic. It’s just a world. J.K. Rowling gives children a very good “moral pill”. And so that the “pill” were not too boring the author puts it into an attractive magic wrapping. The main ideas concerning magic and going through the whole story are that magic is not almighty and the most powerful magic is sacrificial love.
But if you’re still worried that your child can misunderstand something and find fake values…just read the books with him or her and help your child to see the most important things.
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