Regarding Harry Potter's Spiritual Quest
Soon after posting my question regarding the Christian influence Rowling's attributed much of her writings to, I read the following article related to the surprise revelation that Harry Potter is actually gay [correction: Harry isn't gay (as far as we know), but rather a character known as Albus Dumbledore is. My apologies as I misread the article originally]. When you think about it, it's a great angle and strategy for indoctrinating millions of people towards your ideology: write a novel series that takes the world by storm, get millions of children to become huge fans of your characters and then right at the end, have that character actually be, as in this case, gay. Explains a lot, actually. Here is an excerpt and a link to the entire article: NEW YORK —
With author J.K. Rowling's revelation that master wizard Albus Dumbledore is gay, some passages about the Hogwarts headmaster and rival wizard Gellert Grindelwald have taken on a new and clearer meaning.
The British author stunned her fans at Carnegie Hall on Friday night when she answered one young reader's question about Dumbledore by saying that he was gay and had been in love with Grindelwald, whom he had defeated years ago in a bitter fight.
'"You cannot imagine how his ideas caught me, Harry, inflamed me,'" Dumbledore says in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final book in Rowling's record-breaking fantasy series.
The news brought gasps, then applause at Carnegie Hall, the last stop on Rowling's brief U.S. tour, and set off thousands of e-mails on Potter fan Web sites around the world. Some were dismayed, others indifferent, but most were supportive.
"Jo Rowling calling any Harry Potter character gay would make wonderful strides in tolerance toward homosexuality," Melissa Anelli, Webmaster of the fan site http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org, told The Associated Press. "By dubbing someone so respected, so talented and so kind, as someone who just happens to be also homosexual, she's reinforcing the idea that a person's gayness is not something of which they should be ashamed."
"'DUMBLEDORE IS GAY' is quite a headline to stumble upon on a Friday evening, and it's certainly not what I expected," added Potter fan Patrick Ross, of Rutherford, N.J. "(But) a gay character in the most popular series in the world is a big step for Jo Rowling and for gay rights."
Labels: David C. Price
posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 10/22/2007 02:39:00 PM
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2 Comments:
David,
Just a slight correction. It's Dumbledore (the headmaster of the wizarding school which Harry attends in the series) not Harry, whom Rowling stated was gay. I know that's beside the point of this whole fiasco, but accuracy is important when fighting the forces of this world, even if it is accuracy in stating their lies. We can't very well refute them if we misquote them.
Noted. I stand corrected. Thanks for the catch.
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