... 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 arguments for censorship, especially when dealing ... ...

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... 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 towards children, like the book, and on the assumption that many ... ...

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