HP and No spoilers for TBTMNBN Was:
Geoff
geoffbannister123 at btinternet.com
Fri Nov 23 01:37:54 UTC 2012
No: HPFGUIDX 192270
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "willsonteam" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
"annemehr" <annemehr@> wrote:
> > Is that true? Because if it is, I think that would lend support to the view that HP was more about good and evil in general, and not specifically meant to be a Christian allegory.
Potioncat:
> I don't know if HP was meant to be a Christian allegory, I do think JKR intentionally placed Christian symbols and literary types in the series and I do think, overall it was about good and evil.
>
> As to your question about TBTMNBN---maybe yes. I didn't pick up on it myself though. But now that I think about it.....
Geoff:
As a Christian, she has said on various occasions that
Christian themes underpin the story, the greatest being
that of the sacrificial and saving power of love but, like
JRRT before her, she avoids allegory.
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