Why Is Harry Potter Banned
Measured by the American Library Association Harry Potter has been the most challenged book since 2006. According to source “Ross, Shmuel. "Harry Potter Banned?" Infoplease. Infoplease. Web. 24 Apr. 2016” parents want to band Harry potter for “The Trouble with magic,” “Setting bad examples” and “scary stuff.” According to another source is Rowling first book and all books glorify witchcraft. ”J.K. Rowling.Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone.new york. Arthur A. Levine books (scholastics).1997.” One other source "Harry Potter Books Spark Rise In Satanism Among Children." - The Onion. 2000. Web. 24 Apr. 2016. Shows that children or believing in witchcraft and satin to bring out the devil. The biography of J.K Rowling and how she came up with
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Harry potter. "J.K. Rowling." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television. Web. 24 Apr. 2016. “Should parents want to band the worlds famous wizard? Yes!”
J.k Rowling has created some of the greatest books on earth to some people and to others she has created the devil, wizardry, witchcraft and, horror. Harry Potter fantasy series is one of the most popular book and film franchises in history. Rowling was born in July 31, 1965. She is about 50 years old. She was born in yate England, United Kingdom. Her full name is Joanne Rowling. Rowling had studied at St Michael’s primary school in winterbourne, Weyden school and college, University of Exeter. J.K Rowling was as smart as the dictionary. Rowling had many early struggles she was a single mother living in Edinburgh, Scotland. Rowling became and international sensation in 1999, When her first three harry potter book series took over the top three slots of the New York Times best-seller list. In July 2000, When her 4th volume Harry potter and the Goblet of fire, became the fastest- selling book in history. (Bio.com. A&E Networks Television)
Rowling had moved to Portugal in 1990 to teach English. There she met and married a journalist Jorge Arantes. Sadly the couple had gotten divorce after their daughter Jessica was born in 1993. “I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized and I still had a daughter that I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
(J.K. Rowling). Rowling had moved to Edinburgh with her daughter to live near her sister, Di. While struggling to support Jessica and herself on welfare, Rowling worked on a book. “ Harry potter and the philosophers stone (philosopher was changed to source for publication in America), after many rejections on the book but she had finally sold it for about $4,000. The book and its subsequent series, chronicled the life of Harry Potter, a young wizard, and his motley band of cohorts at the Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. She had come up with the idea one day traveling on a train from Manchester to London in 1990. (Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.)
J.K Rowling had much fame and fortune coming her way. By the summer of 2000 the first three Harry Potter books earned $480 million in three years, with over 35 million copies in print and 35 language’s.( Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.) In July 2000,
Harry Potter and the goblet of fire had a printing of 5.3 million copies and advanced orders of 1.8 million.( Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.) After a postponed release date, the fifth installment, Harry Potter and the Oder of Phoenix, hit bookstores in June 2003. ( Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.) The sixth installment, Harry Potter and the Half blood prince, sold 6.9 million copies in the U.S in 24 hours. .( Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.) this was the biggest opening in publishing history. Harry potter and the deathly hallows, was the largest pre-ordered book at chain stores. Rowling is now Britain’s 13th wealthiest woman wealthier than even the queen. .( Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.) Rowling does not plan to write anymore books in the series.
Rowling is also reportedly working on a new Harry Potter-related book.
On her website, she announced that she will write "an encyclopedia of Harry's world" and the royalties from this volume will be donated to charity. In 2014, Rowling published a short story about grown-up Harry Potter and a Hogwarts school reunion on her website Pottermore. . ( Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.)
Harry Potter is a series of seven novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the life of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The first book the sorcerer’s stone, Harry, an orphan, lives with Durselys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley.
One day just before Harrys eleventh birthday, an owl trued to deliver a mysterious letter the of a sequence of events that end in harry meeting a giants man named Hagrid. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerers stone) Hagrid explains Harrys history to him: “when he was a baby, the Dark wizard, lord Voldemort, attacked and killed his parents in an attempt to kill harry; but the only mark on harry was a mysterious lighting bolt scar on his forehead.”(Harry Potter and the Sorcerers
Stone) Now he has been invited to attend Hogwarts school so witch craft and wizardry., where the head master is the great wizard Albus Dembledore. Harry visits Diagon Alley to get his school supplies, especially his very own wand. On the train he meets two fellow students who will become his closest friends: Ron Weasley and Herminoe Granger. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone)
Harry is assigned to Gryffindor House at Hogwarts, and soon becomes the youngest-ever seeker on the house Quidditch team. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone) He aldo studies potion wutg Professor Severus Snape, who displays a deep and abiding dislike for Harry, and defense against the Dark Arts with nervous Professor Quirell; he and his friends defeat a mountain troll, help Hagrid raise a dragon, and explore the wonderful, fascinating world of Hogwarts. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone) But all events leas irrevocably toward a second encounter with Lord Volemont, who seeks an object of legend known as the sorcerer’s stone.
Harry potter the chamber of secret’s is the second book in the series. The summer after Harrys first year at Hogwarts has been his worst summer ever. The Durselys more distant and horrible than ever before. But just as he’s packing his bags to return to Hogwarts, a creature names Dobby the house-elf announces that is harry goes back to Hogwarts, disaster will strike and it turns out, Dobby is right.
They fly back to school in a blue Ford Anglia, crash landing in to the notorious Whomping willow. (Harry potter and the chamber of secret’s) Soon other worries will accumulate: the outrageously stuck-up new professor Gideroy Lockheart; a ghost named Moaning Myrtle, who haunts the girls bathroom; the strange behavior of Rons little sister, Ginny Wesley; rumors about the “chambers of secret,” (Harry potter and the chamber of secret’s) a cavern buried deep below Hogwarts; and a magical diary owned by Tom Riddle, a Hogwarts student of long ago. Harry is also shocked to discover that he can speak parseltongue , the language of snakes – a rare ability that lord voldemort also possessed. Someone starts turning all the students to stone and evildoer said to be the fearsome Heir of Salazar Slytherin, on of the founders of the school. (Harry potter and the chamber of secret’s) Could it be hagrid whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one person everyone at Hogwarts most suspects; harry potter himself?
Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban, for twelve long years the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius black. Convicted of killing 13 people with a single curse. He was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldermort, and might even have assisted in the deaths or James and Lily potter- harry potters Parents. (Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban)
Now black has escaped, leaving only two clues at to where he might be heading. Harry Potters defeat of you-know-who was blacks downfall as well. And the azkanbam heard him muttering in his sleep, “He’s at Hogwarts… hes at Hogwarts” (Harry potter and the chamber of secret’s)
For Harry Potter to strengthen himself against them, Harry reaches out to Remus Lupin,, the defense against the Dark Arts teacher who was once a friend of his father’s . Lupin teaches Harry about the Patronous charm, a defensive measure well above the level of magic generally mastered by wizards Harrys age . but even with his broom, his map, his magic, and his loyal friends, harry isn’t safe. Because on top of everything else there a traitor hidden at Hogwarts
Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire, Harry is midway through both his training as a wizard and his coming of age. (Harry potter and the Goblet of fire) He wants to get away from Dursleys and go to the Quidditch World Cup with Hermoine, Ron, and the Weasleys. He just wants to be a normal fourteen-year old wizard. But his year is anything but normal. Dumdledore announces the competition Twiizard Tournament which is a high dangerous task that Harry must do which means someone wants him really dead. Worst of all, lord voldermont may finally have gathered the materials nessary for his rejuvenation. No nothing is ever normal for Harry. And in his case, different can be deadly.
Harry potter order of the phoenix and Harry Potter and the half blood prince. The war against Voldermot has begun. The wizarding world has split down the middle, and as the casualties mount, the effects even spill over on to the Muggles. Dumbledore is away from Hogwarts for long periods, and the order of the Phoenix has suffers grievous losses. And yet, as in all wars, life goes on.
Harry, Ron and Hermoine, passes ther O.W.L level exams, start on there N.E.W.T courses. Harry receives help from the Half Blood prince in potions. Dumbledore and harry uncover the full story of a by named Tom Riddle- the boy who became Lord Volemort. Harry muse use all the tools at his Disposal to draw a final secret out of one of Riddles Teachers, the sly potions professor Horace Slughorn. Finally harry and Dumbledore hold the key to the dark lords weakness
Harry potter and the deathly hallows, the seventh and final book in the epic tale of Harry Potter. Harry and lord Voldermort each prepare for their ultimate encounter. It is onlt after a night unbearable loss that he is brought back to his true purpose, and the trip returns to Hogwarts for the final breathtaking battle between the forces of good and evil. They fight the Death Eaters alongside members of the phoenix Dumbledore Army, the Weasley clan, and the full array of Hogwarts teachers and students. Yet everything turns upon the moment the entire series has been building up to. The moment Harry and voldemort face each other at last.
Why do some Parents want to ban the worlds favorite wizard? Parents feel that the series presents dangerous ideas and attitudes that are bad for readers. In some parts of the U.S and U.K the Potter books have been banned from being read in school and take out of libraries and even burned in public. (Ross, Shmuel) The most prominent objections to Harry Potter fall in to three categories. Promotes witchcraft, sets bad example’s, and they are to dark.
The trouble with magic one school that banned Harry Potter was St. Marys island church of England school in Chatham, Kent (Ross, Shmeuel) Head teacher Carol Rockwood explained that "The Bible is very clear and consistent in its teachings that wizards, devils and demons exist and are very real, powerful and dangerous and God's people are told to have nothing to do with them."(Ross, Shumel) She added that "I believe it is confusing to children when something wicked is being made to look fun." (Ross, Shumel) "There are many parents who are uncomfortable with their children discussing or looking at or reading anything at all to do with the occult."(Tom Bennett, the Government's behavioural tsar)
The Government's behavioural tsar has said some parents – particularly of Evangelical Christian and Muslim backgrounds believe the children’s book “normalises acts of magic” and that therefore it is exposing their children to the works of the devil. (Espinoza, Javier)
God shows us that witchcraft, sorcery, spells, divination and magic are evil. He hates those practices because they blind us to His loving ways, then turn our hearts to a deceptive quest for self-empowerment and deadly thrills. Harry Potter's world may be real, but the timeless pagan practices it promotes are real and deadly. Well aware that the final result is spiritual bondage and oppression, He warns us:
"There shall not be found among you anyone who... practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord..." Deuteronomy 18:9-12
Harry potter sets a bad example for children. Some people find the Harry Potter books to be inappropriate reading because of the way Harry and his friends behave. Some note that Harry "lies, breaks rules, and disobeys authority figures, including the professors at Hogwarts," and that he ends up being rewarded and praised for his actions. They feel that heroes should be entirely good people who do as they're told and respect others. (Ross, Shmeuel)
Some people think that the Harry Potter books—especially the later ones—are too dark and scary for children to handle. The series begins as Harry is orphaned, and he soon learns his parents were violently killed. There are intense battles. Good people die, suddenly and horribly. This, some say, is the stuff of nightmares, not something to be handed to kids as entertainment. (Ross Shemeuel)
When I was younger I enjoyed reading all the harry potter books and seeing all the movies. My mother and I were very religious people and I still am today. My mother hated that I read that “trash” in school. I told my mother “ I hope you pass the way voldemort killed Harrys parents” and boy she was not happy. She yelled so loud at me like thunder in the sky. And out of no where lighting strikied the earth angrily. My mother never let me read a Harry Potter book again. I was as sad as a dog getting a treat. But now I agree I with her harry potter is no good for children.
Harry potter. "J.K. Rowling." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television. Web. 24 Apr. 2016. “Should parents want to band the worlds famous wizard? Yes!”
J.k Rowling has created some of the greatest books on earth to some people and to others she has created the devil, wizardry, witchcraft and, horror. Harry Potter fantasy series is one of the most popular book and film franchises in history. Rowling was born in July 31, 1965. She is about 50 years old. She was born in yate England, United Kingdom. Her full name is Joanne Rowling. Rowling had studied at St Michael’s primary school in winterbourne, Weyden school and college, University of Exeter. J.K Rowling was as smart as the dictionary. Rowling had many early struggles she was a single mother living in Edinburgh, Scotland. Rowling became and international sensation in 1999, When her first three harry potter book series took over the top three slots of the New York Times best-seller list. In July 2000, When her 4th volume Harry potter and the Goblet of fire, became the fastest- selling book in history. (Bio.com. A&E Networks Television)
Rowling had moved to Portugal in 1990 to teach English. There she met and married a journalist Jorge Arantes. Sadly the couple had gotten divorce after their daughter Jessica was born in 1993. “I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized and I still had a daughter that I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
(J.K. Rowling). Rowling had moved to Edinburgh with her daughter to live near her sister, Di. While struggling to support Jessica and herself on welfare, Rowling worked on a book. “ Harry potter and the philosophers stone (philosopher was changed to source for publication in America), after many rejections on the book but she had finally sold it for about $4,000. The book and its subsequent series, chronicled the life of Harry Potter, a young wizard, and his motley band of cohorts at the Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. She had come up with the idea one day traveling on a train from Manchester to London in 1990. (Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.)
J.K Rowling had much fame and fortune coming her way. By the summer of 2000 the first three Harry Potter books earned $480 million in three years, with over 35 million copies in print and 35 language’s.( Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.) In July 2000,
Harry Potter and the goblet of fire had a printing of 5.3 million copies and advanced orders of 1.8 million.( Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.) After a postponed release date, the fifth installment, Harry Potter and the Oder of Phoenix, hit bookstores in June 2003. ( Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.) The sixth installment, Harry Potter and the Half blood prince, sold 6.9 million copies in the U.S in 24 hours. .( Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.) this was the biggest opening in publishing history. Harry potter and the deathly hallows, was the largest pre-ordered book at chain stores. Rowling is now Britain’s 13th wealthiest woman wealthier than even the queen. .( Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.) Rowling does not plan to write anymore books in the series.
Rowling is also reportedly working on a new Harry Potter-related book.
On her website, she announced that she will write "an encyclopedia of Harry's world" and the royalties from this volume will be donated to charity. In 2014, Rowling published a short story about grown-up Harry Potter and a Hogwarts school reunion on her website Pottermore. . ( Bio.com. A&E Networks Television.)
Harry Potter is a series of seven novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the life of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The first book the sorcerer’s stone, Harry, an orphan, lives with Durselys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley.
One day just before Harrys eleventh birthday, an owl trued to deliver a mysterious letter the of a sequence of events that end in harry meeting a giants man named Hagrid. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerers stone) Hagrid explains Harrys history to him: “when he was a baby, the Dark wizard, lord Voldemort, attacked and killed his parents in an attempt to kill harry; but the only mark on harry was a mysterious lighting bolt scar on his forehead.”(Harry Potter and the Sorcerers
Stone) Now he has been invited to attend Hogwarts school so witch craft and wizardry., where the head master is the great wizard Albus Dembledore. Harry visits Diagon Alley to get his school supplies, especially his very own wand. On the train he meets two fellow students who will become his closest friends: Ron Weasley and Herminoe Granger. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone)
Harry is assigned to Gryffindor House at Hogwarts, and soon becomes the youngest-ever seeker on the house Quidditch team. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone) He aldo studies potion wutg Professor Severus Snape, who displays a deep and abiding dislike for Harry, and defense against the Dark Arts with nervous Professor Quirell; he and his friends defeat a mountain troll, help Hagrid raise a dragon, and explore the wonderful, fascinating world of Hogwarts. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone) But all events leas irrevocably toward a second encounter with Lord Volemont, who seeks an object of legend known as the sorcerer’s stone.
Harry potter the chamber of secret’s is the second book in the series. The summer after Harrys first year at Hogwarts has been his worst summer ever. The Durselys more distant and horrible than ever before. But just as he’s packing his bags to return to Hogwarts, a creature names Dobby the house-elf announces that is harry goes back to Hogwarts, disaster will strike and it turns out, Dobby is right.
They fly back to school in a blue Ford Anglia, crash landing in to the notorious Whomping willow. (Harry potter and the chamber of secret’s) Soon other worries will accumulate: the outrageously stuck-up new professor Gideroy Lockheart; a ghost named Moaning Myrtle, who haunts the girls bathroom; the strange behavior of Rons little sister, Ginny Wesley; rumors about the “chambers of secret,” (Harry potter and the chamber of secret’s) a cavern buried deep below Hogwarts; and a magical diary owned by Tom Riddle, a Hogwarts student of long ago. Harry is also shocked to discover that he can speak parseltongue , the language of snakes – a rare ability that lord voldemort also possessed. Someone starts turning all the students to stone and evildoer said to be the fearsome Heir of Salazar Slytherin, on of the founders of the school. (Harry potter and the chamber of secret’s) Could it be hagrid whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one person everyone at Hogwarts most suspects; harry potter himself?
Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban, for twelve long years the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius black. Convicted of killing 13 people with a single curse. He was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldermort, and might even have assisted in the deaths or James and Lily potter- harry potters Parents. (Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban)
Now black has escaped, leaving only two clues at to where he might be heading. Harry Potters defeat of you-know-who was blacks downfall as well. And the azkanbam heard him muttering in his sleep, “He’s at Hogwarts… hes at Hogwarts” (Harry potter and the chamber of secret’s)
For Harry Potter to strengthen himself against them, Harry reaches out to Remus Lupin,, the defense against the Dark Arts teacher who was once a friend of his father’s . Lupin teaches Harry about the Patronous charm, a defensive measure well above the level of magic generally mastered by wizards Harrys age . but even with his broom, his map, his magic, and his loyal friends, harry isn’t safe. Because on top of everything else there a traitor hidden at Hogwarts
Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire, Harry is midway through both his training as a wizard and his coming of age. (Harry potter and the Goblet of fire) He wants to get away from Dursleys and go to the Quidditch World Cup with Hermoine, Ron, and the Weasleys. He just wants to be a normal fourteen-year old wizard. But his year is anything but normal. Dumdledore announces the competition Twiizard Tournament which is a high dangerous task that Harry must do which means someone wants him really dead. Worst of all, lord voldermont may finally have gathered the materials nessary for his rejuvenation. No nothing is ever normal for Harry. And in his case, different can be deadly.
Harry potter order of the phoenix and Harry Potter and the half blood prince. The war against Voldermot has begun. The wizarding world has split down the middle, and as the casualties mount, the effects even spill over on to the Muggles. Dumbledore is away from Hogwarts for long periods, and the order of the Phoenix has suffers grievous losses. And yet, as in all wars, life goes on.
Harry, Ron and Hermoine, passes ther O.W.L level exams, start on there N.E.W.T courses. Harry receives help from the Half Blood prince in potions. Dumbledore and harry uncover the full story of a by named Tom Riddle- the boy who became Lord Volemort. Harry muse use all the tools at his Disposal to draw a final secret out of one of Riddles Teachers, the sly potions professor Horace Slughorn. Finally harry and Dumbledore hold the key to the dark lords weakness
Harry potter and the deathly hallows, the seventh and final book in the epic tale of Harry Potter. Harry and lord Voldermort each prepare for their ultimate encounter. It is onlt after a night unbearable loss that he is brought back to his true purpose, and the trip returns to Hogwarts for the final breathtaking battle between the forces of good and evil. They fight the Death Eaters alongside members of the phoenix Dumbledore Army, the Weasley clan, and the full array of Hogwarts teachers and students. Yet everything turns upon the moment the entire series has been building up to. The moment Harry and voldemort face each other at last.
Why do some Parents want to ban the worlds favorite wizard? Parents feel that the series presents dangerous ideas and attitudes that are bad for readers. In some parts of the U.S and U.K the Potter books have been banned from being read in school and take out of libraries and even burned in public. (Ross, Shmuel) The most prominent objections to Harry Potter fall in to three categories. Promotes witchcraft, sets bad example’s, and they are to dark.
The trouble with magic one school that banned Harry Potter was St. Marys island church of England school in Chatham, Kent (Ross, Shmeuel) Head teacher Carol Rockwood explained that "The Bible is very clear and consistent in its teachings that wizards, devils and demons exist and are very real, powerful and dangerous and God's people are told to have nothing to do with them."(Ross, Shumel) She added that "I believe it is confusing to children when something wicked is being made to look fun." (Ross, Shumel) "There are many parents who are uncomfortable with their children discussing or looking at or reading anything at all to do with the occult."(Tom Bennett, the Government's behavioural tsar)
The Government's behavioural tsar has said some parents – particularly of Evangelical Christian and Muslim backgrounds believe the children’s book “normalises acts of magic” and that therefore it is exposing their children to the works of the devil. (Espinoza, Javier)
God shows us that witchcraft, sorcery, spells, divination and magic are evil. He hates those practices because they blind us to His loving ways, then turn our hearts to a deceptive quest for self-empowerment and deadly thrills. Harry Potter's world may be real, but the timeless pagan practices it promotes are real and deadly. Well aware that the final result is spiritual bondage and oppression, He warns us:
"There shall not be found among you anyone who... practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord..." Deuteronomy 18:9-12
Harry potter sets a bad example for children. Some people find the Harry Potter books to be inappropriate reading because of the way Harry and his friends behave. Some note that Harry "lies, breaks rules, and disobeys authority figures, including the professors at Hogwarts," and that he ends up being rewarded and praised for his actions. They feel that heroes should be entirely good people who do as they're told and respect others. (Ross, Shmeuel)
Some people think that the Harry Potter books—especially the later ones—are too dark and scary for children to handle. The series begins as Harry is orphaned, and he soon learns his parents were violently killed. There are intense battles. Good people die, suddenly and horribly. This, some say, is the stuff of nightmares, not something to be handed to kids as entertainment. (Ross Shemeuel)
When I was younger I enjoyed reading all the harry potter books and seeing all the movies. My mother and I were very religious people and I still am today. My mother hated that I read that “trash” in school. I told my mother “ I hope you pass the way voldemort killed Harrys parents” and boy she was not happy. She yelled so loud at me like thunder in the sky. And out of no where lighting strikied the earth angrily. My mother never let me read a Harry Potter book again. I was as sad as a dog getting a treat. But now I agree I with her harry potter is no good for children.