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| Print by United Emporium of Kyle Louis Fletcher |
By Dan Hagen
Eager to learn to read, I learned early because I wanted to
read comic books for myself.
The contemporary equivalent of that literary siren song was
even more effective, I believe. I don’t think we are in danger of
overestimating the number of children who wanted to become proficient readers
in order to share the adventures of Harry Potter.
That lure was redoubled in the texts themselves. J.K.
Rowling created a Bildungsroman for Harry Potter showcasing magical power that
is education-based and word-based, reinforcing the value of literacy.
So fundamentalist Christians entirely miss the point of the
Harry Potter novels, but then point-missing is the single skill they have truly
mastered.
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