response from r. abanes

[Rebecca Boswell]

No: HPFGUIDX 17659

Mr. Abanes:

    I believe you misunderstood.  You wrote:

> ANSWER-------untrue. Rowling handles the so-called good vs.
> evil very diffferently in her tales. her tale is actually one of
> HORRENDOUS evil vs. mild badness (not really good).

   I agree that there is a horrendous evil, but mild badness is what is
called being a teenager.  Do not try and tell me that you *never* told a
teacher that you left your homework at home when you didn't do it, or you
*never* got really angry with a friend and threw something at him/her.  I
think that the mild badness is more of teenage cheekyness, and not inherent
bad.  Harry is the progaganist, but do you honestly think that he must be a
perfectly clean, angel sterile person?  Everyone has faults, and your "mild
badness" is pointing to the bits of Harry's character that are adolesent and
outgoing, if a bit cheeky.  There is no bad in Harry, only a more realistic
character than that of a white, pure, angel who fights the forces of
horrendous evil.  See, that would be incredibly boring.  Rowling does not
make is evil v. bad, she makes it evil PEOPLE with faults  v. good PEOPLE
with faults.  Not pure evil (voldemort is a hypocrit, for example, an error
in his complete evil) v  pure good (since Hary is a teenager and therefore
not perfect)

More later,

Becca

----- Original Message -----
From: <rabanesss at yahoo.com>
To: <rboswell at mediaone.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 12:36 AM
Subject: response


> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Becca" <rboswell at m...> wrote:
>
> >If you see something wrong with the Harry
> >Potter books, then there is something wrong with Tolkein, C.S.
> >Lewis,  Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and most Science
> >Fiction or Fantasy writers.
>
>  ANSWER---------Untrue. I have an entire chapter devoted to
> comparing the Rowling books with those of Lewis, and Tolkien.
> Also , I love Pratchett's work. He's hysterical.
>
>
>
> >In fact, if there is a problem with the morality of Harry Potter,
> >then there is a problem with the morality of every single book
> >that has a good against evil plot.
>
> ANSWER-------untrue. Rowling handles the so-called good vs.
> evil very diffferently in her tales. her tale is actually one of
> HORRENDOUS evil vs. mild badness (not really good).
>
>
> >Want to debate with the readers of the world?  You'll lose
> >miserably.
>
> ANSWER--------------Well, I happen to BE one of teh readers of
> the world. And I would be glad to debate anyone, anywhere,
> anytime. Set it up, I'll be there. I doubt I will lose, let alone
> miserably. Now, I suppose I wil be clled arrogant for that. Oh
> well.
>
> R. Abanes
>
>
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