s are torn because as Linda Harvey states in “USA Today”, “No school includes everything. Few public schools would accept books advocating drunken driving, bulimia or rape. And it’s rare to find novels in school libraries about teens who proclaim salvation through Jesus Christ” (Harvey). Reading material that encourages such horrendous acts as drunk driving and rape should be the focus of the countries problems, rather then a child’s fantasy series that only encourages use of ones imagination. With larger issues such as racism and violence still in existence, it is ridiculous to think that parents are more concerned with a book that encourages a child’s imagination and desire to read. Dominic Schmidt, a father writes:The manipulation, lying, violence and rebellion in Harry Potter books are without a doubt unfit for young minds that don’t have a strong safety net at home. This book series has the same sugarcoating used by the alcohol and tobacco industries and, for that matter, your local drug pusher, as well as the clever marketing that the publishing companies use to lure us into thoughtless choices—many with lifelong consequences (Schmidt). Rather than the Harry Potter books being “unfit,” it is one of the best influences a child without “a strong safety net at home” can have. When a child is engulfed in a fantasy story, he or she uses their imagination to travel to another word, where all troubles are left behind. The Harry Potter series uses descriptive writing to tell a story of pictures that move, the enchanted castle of Hogwarts, and a wonderful sport called Quidditch.Harry unwrapped his Chocolate Frog and picked up the card. It showed a man’s face. He wore half-moon glasses, had a long, crooked nose, and flowing silver hair, beard and mustache. Underneath the picture was the name Albus Dumbledore…Harry turned the card back over...
