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Harry Potter and the Quest for Values 37 12 Feb 2011 | 05:22 am
Trials, Allies and Enemies Harry's trials had begun when he was a baby and Voldemort tried to kill him. However his conscious trials begin on the train to Hogwarts when he overcomes Malfoy’s threats. ...
Harry Potter and the Quest for Values 36 12 Feb 2011 | 05:19 am
Harry Potter as a “Hero Journey” If a hero journey is attractive to us, speaks to us and teaches us values, it is necessary to ask if the Harry Potter series is a hero journey. As previously stated a ...
Harry Potter and the Quest for Values 35 12 Feb 2011 | 05:17 am
The “Hero Journey” and its relevance to our youth Research undertaken by Campbell, Vogler and others indicate that people relate to the hero journey form in its varied forms. As Vogler (1992/1999) obs...
Harry Potter and the Quest for Values 34 12 Feb 2011 | 05:14 am
CHAPTER 5: HARRY POTTER, THE “HERO JOURNEY” AND OUR YOUTH “Search for the hero inside yourself. Until you find the key to your life” (M People, 1995) “Heroes summarize individual and collective desire...
Harry Potter and the Quest for Values 33 12 Feb 2011 | 05:11 am
Students were not specifically questioned on the humility of the characters in the books but one student did see Harry as vain while another saw him as not being vain (Appendix 7: Student Interview re...
Harry Potter and the Quest for Values 32 12 Feb 2011 | 05:00 am
The ending of the HBP novel sees Harry taking offensive action, hoping to destroy Lord Voldemort completely rather than continually fighting off his attacks. He is willing to take the attack to Lord V...
Harry Potter and the Quest for Values 31 12 Feb 2011 | 04:47 am
Harry escapes death here and numerous attempts to kill him in preceding books. This is best illustrated in the graveyard scene towards the end of GoF where he escapes from Voldemort and the Death Eate...
Harry Potter and the Quest for Values 30 12 Feb 2011 | 04:44 am
Lavoie (2003) notes that the Slytherin house’s main task seems to be to test the courage of those in Gryffindor, the two houses forming a duality (p. 42). She expresses the view that throughout the se...
Harry Potter and the Quest for Values 29 12 Feb 2011 | 04:43 am
The Harry Potter narratives take place predominantly within a school setting, which is a social setting, so friendships and other relationships are key themes in the book and the qualities of these re...
Harry Potter and the Quest for Values 28 12 Feb 2011 | 04:42 am
While Mendlesohn’s observations on the depiction of kindness in the books are legitimate, it may be that Rowling is actually reflecting the reality many people have of kindness. People are willing to ...
