... the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the books, he encounters many adventures. (Arendt) As I said before, the website discussed the censorship of the Harry Potter series. I chose to focus on the Anti-Harry Potter portion of the site because it dealt with this touchy subject of censorship. According to the website, some conservative Christian parents have openly called for the banning ... website told me that many communities have taken action against books that they feel will have negative effects on their children's development. I have a hard time understanding why they be...

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... school libraries because they think that the stories will make children break rules, be violent, and worship the devil. On the other hand Harry Potter fans see this book as a source of fantasy and creativity that encourages children to read more. Conservatives, especially Christian conservatives, are very ... strict in their way of thinking. They believe children imitate what they see. One argument against children reading Harry Potter books is that it encourages children to break rules, and later they could break laws. For example, they see the main character ... into forbidden places a...

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... was released, but I was busy reading school books and other books which I had already chosen to read. So finally this summer I decided to read the Harry Potter books because since the fifth book released this summer and had some amazing sales and reviews I decided to read them. I obviously started out to read the ... first one because it was a sequel and so I would understand the other books. The first book explains who Harry Potter is and who is parents are. It also explains who killed his parents but not why he killed them. That information is contained it the other books. ... , a pers...

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... ). Taken out of libraries shelves because they contained "seven-hundred uses of profanity, and depict alcohol consumption" (Stepzinski). Not to mention the books like Harry Potter, that are being burned by Christians because they believe that it is "nothing but witchcraft . . . evil is hidden behind the face of an innocent ... motivated by religious objections to depictions of sexual activity" (Atwood 21). A southern New Mexico Christian Church planned a book burning event where Harry Potter was on the menu (Jackson). Jack Brock was the pastor who coordinated this event along with the mem...

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... 't that a part of free speech? I do not think that they know what is wrong for everyone. There are some things that people think aren't wrong, by they are censored anyways. Harry Potter is a great example; most families love that little wizard kid and still is banned in some schools. This is supposed to be a democratic government, and it does things that prevent ... books have been banned due to censorship. People with imagination are probably missing out on really great books. Schools are banning books that aren't even gory or pertaining to death. Harry potter is being banned in several...

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Censorship The recent Harry Potter series of books has been of huge benefit to children's reading. Where literally millions of children would be staring at the television or in a trance in front of the Playstation, ... " and the "X-Files". This is a simplified view of the situation, but the moral background to the issue of censorship has long been subject of intricate debate. In the example of Harry Potter, the banning of Rowling's books in schools and libraries seems excessive and self-defeatist considering the gains to children of reading popular literature. There are of course also argumen...

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... worthy of being banned? Many books, simply, "set a bad example for their children,", as is the case with Huckleberry Finn. Others promote "witches and sorcery," such as the case with Harry Potter. Old books as well as new books get placed on the list. Several organizations such as the American Library Association feel that "children should not be exposed to books that ... ...

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... to corrupt children. Some people take a different view on this issue and believe that many books, from classic novels like the "Catcher in the Rye" to the recent award-winning "Harry Potter", have objectionable subject matters that should not be used in the classroom. In schools around the nation, there is a hot debate about what literature students should be allowed to read ... ...

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... to these factors then surely the film is just a spin-off of the book or an original piece of work. Another big budget film that has been released recently is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, taken from a series of books by J. K. Rowling. The film portrays the events in the book almost exactly, due to the fact that it is aimed predominantly ... ...

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