After rereading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, i realized that i missed so many things when i read it the first time. J.K Rowling has created a world just like our own with just as many problems and things that the average being doesn't understand. She made a kid friendly version of Americas government. The one thing that stood out the most to me was that way she helped me realize that adults hid things from us. Sure we may be a little to young to know the truth when we are nine or maybe even ten, but once we are past eleven, WE NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH!
Some people say that it is better to "wait" to tell a child the truth because they are so "innocent" and young. Well when an adult says lets wait, it usually means its never going to happen. Adults need to know that if they prepare us for the outside world by telling us the truth, then we will have a greater chance of living the dream life instead of having "mommy and daddy" walk us to work every day and give us lunch money. If this is the way we plan to raise our next and future generations, then we we realize our mistake and before we know it, it's going come running out from behind us and knock us senseless.
I think children should be exposed to the truth at a young age. In my opinion, it gives a child a different view on life and they will know that life isn't a big lolly pop and that we can fix the mess that has been passed down through countless generations. It is also extremely annoying and confusing to be told that the life you once led before, no linger exists. It feels like running into a brick wall. at first you are free to move but then you get slammed and struggle to get back up on your feet.
Dumbledore had a reputation that he felt made him who he was and his past would destroy everything he had planed for the future. He didn't want to tell Harry any thing about his past because he was ashamed of himself. Dumbledore didn't realize it, but Harry would have been more accepting and understanding if he told Harry before their limbo between life and death meeting.
Children deserve to know the truth and adults need to learn how to tell the truth before they lead their children into a life of lies.
Wow, that was a very powerful post and I completely agree that Dumbledore should have told Harry sooner even though he was ashamed of himself.
ReplyDeletesam you post was great, i totally agree. instead of what you dont know wont hurt you it should be what you know wont hurt you. But in harry potter i disagree because dumbledore didnt tell him not only because he was ashamed but he wanted harry to learn as a person and to discover who he really is. I think that is why dumbledore didn't tell him anything. It was for them to figure it out and for harry to make his own mistakes and learn from them.
ReplyDeletethis is great!
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i totally totally agree with what you are saying! i just love the way you are so blunt and truthful. Its great and i loved reading this post!
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first of all, DESTROY THE NERD HERD. Second BRILLIANT!!!!!!! This is the best blog post iv ever read fo show! The problem is, before we can let the children know, we have to let the people know. Citizens are blind. Thats what i study, how people are blind to commercialism and consumerism. It's all brain washing. I think that people with power are telling lies for two things, one, money, two, to cover up things. I was wondering what kinds of lies you were talking about though. I've never read H.P., are they lies about magical stuff or lies about government things? Magical government things? What else is there to lie about in hp?
ReplyDeleteGreat Idea! I don't think that any child can ever disagree with you on this! I can tell that this is something that you are really passionate about.I haven't read Harry Potter, but your ideas sound great!
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