Let me Have Fantasy

I just finished reading a news article that got me a little annoyed. A women is going to use the Harry Potter series to teach a summer program about chemistry and fun. As always there is opposition. Christian groups feel that J.K. Rowling promotes sorcery with her books. First of all I respect these groups feelings. What I do not agree with is that J.K Rowling is some evil deviant out to corrupt the minds of children. I am an avid reader and have read the Harry Potter series and can not wait for the next installment. From a very young age children are taken to the library and explained the difference between fiction, nonfiction, autobiography and documentary. Maybe these Christian groups better go to the library for their own explanation of written genre.

I read non fiction fantasy to escape the cruel reality of life. When I pick up a book it allows me to emerge myself in another world whether it be Hogwarts castle or on a wild adventure to break the DaVinci code. I keep in mind that this is book a source of entertainment. If the authors did not weave in life like reality how would your alter conscience engage in the fantasy of the whole thing. If I want to the facts of something I don't pick up books that say Science fiction, fantasy, or fiction. Books are a great alternative to what is on the TV today. With today's in your face news and shows that exploit the news. I feel an already intense world becoming an unattended bomb. Remember books are the works of man/woman and we should feel a privilege of being able to see the inside some of the greatest minds.


Main Entry: fic·tion Pronunciation: 'fik-sh&nFunction: nounEtymology: Middle English ficcioun, from Middle French fiction, from Latin fiction-, fictio act of fashioning, fiction, from fingere to shape, fashion, feign -- more at DOUGH1 a : something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically : an invented story b : fictitious literature (as novels or short stories) c : a work of fiction; especially : NOVEL2 a : an assumption of a possibility as a fact irrespective of the question of its truth b : a useful illusion or pretense3 : the action of feigning or of creating with the imagination

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