As many have already noted The Lord Of The Rings and Harry Potter are two very different books, Good ole JRR set out to write a ledgend a fictional history of the Earth, And i believe( correct me if i'm wrong) That Harry Potter started out as a bed-time story for Ms. Rowling's children. It's like comparing the <I>Discover Spot</I> books or even <I>Winne The Pooh</I>with say...***looks at book shelf*** <I>The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy</I> or <I>The Amber Spy Glass</I>even. I'm sure i Ms. Rowling wanted to write a <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>great, deep pool of image and thought <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>(great Way to Explain it! ) She could. She's most likly A better author than Any of you, And i would like to see you write a book that has touched so many children's (an adult's) hearts.<P>As for Harry Potter in school, If it gets the kids to read what is the big problem? If they like Harry Potter maybe they'll start to read other longer books. I think Alot of people have under estimated children's common sense. They're not that Impressionable/ Gullible what ever you want to call it. Just because when Harry says <I>Luminous</I> or whatever he can make a stick light up doesn't mean that if you or I say it it'll happen. kids know that. They know Hogwarts isn't real, They know that God is good and the Devil is bad. I seriously doubt many ten year olds are going to join the occult after reading Harry Potter. and you can't say that i don't know what i'm talking about because <B>I</B>read Harry Potter when i was ten and it certainly didn't do anything bad to me. <P>Harry Potter is allowed in school because it is a piece of fictional writing. You don't have to study the occult to make up Latin sounding words that make things float. Any one can do that. I'm pretty sure that no Wiccans use floo powder to get from place to place. <BR>I agree that religeion should be kept out of schools but in my humble opinion Harry Potter and The Worst Wicth ect. are not religion.<BR>(wouldn't the first part of the silmarillion be considered religous considering arda represents earth?)<BR>I'm going to shut up now and never type so much again
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