Oh, Dear Sweet God
elady25
imamommy at sbcglobal.net
Sun May 23 06:03:31 UTC 2004
imamommy:
Sounds like a load of waffle to me. I think I missed the point
completely. These two series have no connection, and nothing to do
with one another.
OR DO THEY?
imamommy
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "abigailnus" <abigailnus at y...>
wrote:
> Some people clearly have too much time on their hands.
>
> There's an article on Slate plotting the similarities between Harry
> Potter and the Left Behind series. The author concludes that the
> two series are very much alike because they share such
> distinguishing characteristics as - wait for it! - the struggle
> between good and evil. Because we've never read a story about
> that before.
>
> In the end, he does try to differentiate between the two, saying that
>
> "In that sense, despite their similarities, at their hearts the two
series
> are different in a fundamental but not obvious way. Left Behind is
> istic; Harry Potter sees outcome determined by individual actions.
> Both provide a roadmap for how to live a good life, but in one case
> the key is morality, and in the other it is faith."
>
> Which just means that he had a point to make and decided to use not
> one but two pop culture juggernauts to help him make it.
>
> I swear, there are days when I really wish these books weren't as
> popular as they are.
>
> You can read the whole ridiculous thing here:
> http://slate.msn.com/id/2100637/
>
> Abigail
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