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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
Thank you, TGS, for confirming Rowling did not intend the HP series to be a Christ allegory. I find it amazing how people can read some of the most interesting things into books, and include convincing arguments. When I first saw the title of this thread, my first thought was, "You have to be kidding!" First, the narrow minded Fundies who condemned the series just because it witches in it (and most never even read it!), now this? Nuff said.
I find it curious how many people here referred to C. S. Lewis' Narnia Chronicles as being a Christ allegory (which I fully believe) yet never mentioned his other Christ allegory (it wasn't as obvious as the Narnia Chronicles and covered a broader scope).
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Of course it's not a Christ Allegory. I never claimed it was, and have made multiple statements opposing that idea.
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allusion is not an
allegory. And I even stated quite specifically, in almost the same words as Rowling used herself, that HP is not like Narnia.
I am quite surprised that this needs repeating in almost every post. A reference or allusion does not an allegory make. You can refer to Christ without retelling the Christ story.
That's exactly what Rowling did, again, by her own words.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/157...17/story.jhtml
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"To me [the religious parallels have] always been obvious," she said. "But I never wanted to talk too openly about it because I thought it might show people who just wanted the story where we were going."
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-Pie