Vision of Life Reflected in Harry Potter Series
Keywords:
Vision, Life, Fantasy, PhilosophyAbstract
Harry Potter is not only famous for fantasy in literature, but also for the strengthening of life through fantasy's spectacular medium. Through fantasy, Rowling clings to real life. It is the charm of reality under the garb of magic that attracts the readers so much. These imaginative flights cannot be flagrant salts of the mind when there is always a dreamland of expectations and aspirations behind all our efforts. It strengthens life in Harry Potter, just as fantasy can help science. The philosophy of Rowling has a deepness, but the ease with which she thinks about the most difficult and delicate issues of life gives a practical value to her moral lessons. Its main concern is love, compassion, friendship, allegiance and even death and immortality. In a simpler vein, facts of our lives that typically pass without our notice are delivered; but they leave a lesson behind. Thus, this paper aims to observe and analyse these lessons of life as reflected in these series of novels.
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