Is Harry Potter the saviour of the wizard world?

eloiseherisson at aol.com eloiseherisson at aol.com
Fri Feb 7 21:42:14 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 51839

Stickbrook:

> But I find it hard to believe that JKR would give us our first dose 
> of Christian allegory after the series is more than halfway through.  
> Plus, she's all about surprises and plot twists; I'd be *shocked* if 
> she followed a route mapped out by countless other works of 
> literature.

I'm sure she'll have a twist. And her Good vs Evil plotline seems to me more 
subtle and complicated than other Christian allegorists.
But some of us have already picked up a lot of potential Christian allegory 
(mixed with alchemical symbolism).
Check out the Stoned Harry theory, to be found in Hypothetically 
<A HREF="http://www.hpfgu.org.uk/faq/hypotheticalley.html">HPfGU - Fantastic Posts: Hypothetic Alley</A>

~Eloise


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