Pullman is Lockhart was Re: The Hidden Key to Harry Pott
joanne0012
Joanne0012 at aol.com
Sat Jun 14 21:44:31 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 60436
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kia" <kiatrier at y...> wrote:
> Penny wrote:
>
> >He believes that indomitable hope is perhaps the strongest
> >message of the Harry Potter novels
>
> Hope is older than Christianity and I suspect it's even older
> than religion itself. Claiming it as exclusively Christian theme
> has me in a disagreeable mood.
IIRC, Hope was the last michievous sprite to emerge from Pandora's box
when it was opened. Which says a lot about the ancients' opinion of it;
itdoesn't look like they considered it a strength or virtue, but rather focused on
its power to enable people to deceive themselves endlessly in the face of the
facts.
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