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  • ·       Children’s Literature and Harry Potter: How far does J K Rowling transcends the canonical confines of children’s literature and claims the heights of ‘real’ literature?

Yes we can read Harry Potter series as children’s literature, especially written for pleasure and entertainment. No doubt it has quality and content that we can judge it as children’s literature. It is highly imaginative, full of fancy, not so simple but straight forward moving story (journey from birth to adulthood of Harry). There are children as character and even Harry is our hero in the narrative, they are the doer of action. Most important thing is that when we are child and for entertainment we read novel it’s a great pleasure but when we grown up and a mature as we can think about harry potter novel so we find that it’s look like our life story .we connect our life from birth to present situation and also death. Though it is the story of a child’s journey from birth to adulthood, but as the story move forward, it becomes deeper and philosophical thoughts are also become more prominent. Not only the thoughts but the hardship of the life also increases. But the theme of life and death is very well presented in this novel but ass child literature also all the elements have in novel so we can judge harry potter as a real (life) time hero..

·       The theme of Choice and Chance: How does Harry Potter discusses the antithetical concepts of ‘choice’ and ‘chance’?
Over and over again in the novels it is made clear that it is a person’s choices and actions that are the defining elements of his moral character. It is not our ancestry, social roles, or wealth that makes us who we are. It is, as Albus Dumbledore tells Harry in Chamber of Secrets,
 “Our choices . . . That show what we truly are, far more than our abilities”.
The key action before the first book of the series begins is Lily Potter’s choice to protect her son at the cost of her own life. Later, Hermione Granger makes the heroic choice to challenge the racism behind the slavery of the house-elves. Neville Longbottom chooses not to step aside so that Harry, Ron, and Hermione can leave their dormitory to go looking for the Sorcerer’s Stone, and Neville chooses in Deathly Hallows to fight on at Hogwarts even after the Death Eaters take over. The choices made in the novels are not all for the good. Peter Pettigrew makes the choice to betray his friends and thus forever casts his lot with the forces of evil. We are told that Tom’s mother, Merope Gaunt Riddle, chooses her own death instead of staying alive to care for her son.  Malfoy chooses to accept Voldemort’s assignment and becomes a Death Eater himself
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  •     Moral and Philosophical reading of Harry Potter: How does the concept of ‘evil breeds evil’ unfold in Harry Potter? What is the significance of Harry being one of the Horcruxes?

Voldemort, in his ruthless, futile quest for immortality, openly rejects his own humanity. This prevents him from ever really understanding what life is about and what makes it so precious. It blocks him from appreciating the power of love and its fundamental role in human life. It is this failure to recognize and accept his humanity that makes his irredeemable evil possible, and ultimately, is what leads to his defeat. And it is Harry’s acceptance of his mortality that allows him to embrace his humanity and to love. It is this recognition that gives Harry the power to defeat Voldemort. More than that, it makes it possible for Harry to develop into a realized, virtuous adult. In his acceptance of his mortality, “the boy who lived” is able more fully and wholly to live.


   


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