As a society that is constantly growing and new people come into this world, it’s up to the ones already living there to make sure they are on the right path. And how we do so is teaching morals in any way possible, and the oldest method is telling stories, fables, and legends. So, what if the story moral is about a good vs. evil, and it is about a boy…who finds out he is a wizard? What are the effects of Harry potter on the western World? Harry Potter is one of the central tenants of 21st society and century pop culture; it revolutionized what we know as fiction, you can ask anyone what the boy they the lightning mark and the goofy glasses is and many will respond with “You’re a wizard Harry” (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). It has
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It comes back to the adult control over what information children take in. In November of 1999, the Superintendant of schools in Zealand, Michigan, actually had read the first book in the Harry Potter series, and removed from the school shelves. He bypassed the school’s system in place for challenging books. He thought it conflicted with the religious views of some of the student and their parents and wanted to protect them. Mary Dana, a teacher, and Nancy Zennie, a parent with two children in the school district; started a campaign that gained national attention, and eventually became the group called Muggles for Harry Potter (Muggles is a term in the Harry Potter canon for non-magic users who reside in the real world), the group focuses on the First Amendment rights of children. This event combines many things previously discussed. Firstly, a concerned individual wanted to protect children from a controversial subject, and thus removed the book while over stepping their personal powers. Secondly, the opposing people of this action think that it is a total impediment of First Amendment rights of the children. Third and finally is something not everyone …show more content…
This seven-part book series is about a young orphan who lives in the United Kingdom with his wicked aunt, uncle, and crude cousin. The boy’s life is hard as his aunt and uncle didn’t really like Harry’s parents, thus mistreat and scold him. Harry literally lives in a cabinet under the stairwell and constantly does chores. But one day he receives a letter to Hogwarts, a school for training young witches and wizard in the magical arts. Eventually after the reluctance of his aunt and uncle, and through many trials he ends up at the school and makes many friends both human, and not so much. He then learns all there is to know about magic, casting spells and enchantments, making potions, and how to deal with magical beasts. Let’s examine this synopsis to see how people’s religious view halts the reading of this story for kids, and causes many controversies in America. Harry lives in our world, the human world. Until he receives his letter his is one of us, as human as can be. So the first debacle is kids might not understand the concept of fiction and think they are able to access the world this piece of fiction creates because they are also in the real world, they are just waiting for their letter to Hogwarts; religious and no-religious parents believe that in this way the book is lying to the readers, that they have the ability to become a wizard or witch, this thinking influences the other issues
It comes back to the adult control over what information children take in. In November of 1999, the Superintendant of schools in Zealand, Michigan, actually had read the first book in the Harry Potter series, and removed from the school shelves. He bypassed the school’s system in place for challenging books. He thought it conflicted with the religious views of some of the student and their parents and wanted to protect them. Mary Dana, a teacher, and Nancy Zennie, a parent with two children in the school district; started a campaign that gained national attention, and eventually became the group called Muggles for Harry Potter (Muggles is a term in the Harry Potter canon for non-magic users who reside in the real world), the group focuses on the First Amendment rights of children. This event combines many things previously discussed. Firstly, a concerned individual wanted to protect children from a controversial subject, and thus removed the book while over stepping their personal powers. Secondly, the opposing people of this action think that it is a total impediment of First Amendment rights of the children. Third and finally is something not everyone …show more content…
This seven-part book series is about a young orphan who lives in the United Kingdom with his wicked aunt, uncle, and crude cousin. The boy’s life is hard as his aunt and uncle didn’t really like Harry’s parents, thus mistreat and scold him. Harry literally lives in a cabinet under the stairwell and constantly does chores. But one day he receives a letter to Hogwarts, a school for training young witches and wizard in the magical arts. Eventually after the reluctance of his aunt and uncle, and through many trials he ends up at the school and makes many friends both human, and not so much. He then learns all there is to know about magic, casting spells and enchantments, making potions, and how to deal with magical beasts. Let’s examine this synopsis to see how people’s religious view halts the reading of this story for kids, and causes many controversies in America. Harry lives in our world, the human world. Until he receives his letter his is one of us, as human as can be. So the first debacle is kids might not understand the concept of fiction and think they are able to access the world this piece of fiction creates because they are also in the real world, they are just waiting for their letter to Hogwarts; religious and no-religious parents believe that in this way the book is lying to the readers, that they have the ability to become a wizard or witch, this thinking influences the other issues