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These two books were great reads, but there are also many reasons that are needed to take into consideration when thinking about why they were actually banned in the first place. Not only have they both been said to show heaps of violence within them, but they both show societies that are negatively influencing to children. Harry Potter is said to express the art of wizardry, with it showing the cultural aspects of a new type of fictional society that parents may find disturbing, while The Hunger Games shows an aggressive place that is much like a dictatorship. The societal aspect of both books is a big similarity in the two since it influences the plot of the books as well as is a major point that determines much of what adults think of them. Suzanne Collins did a great job in her The Hunger Games in creating a place that not only makes a reader shudder, but that also has the potential to make adults feel uneasy because of the horrors hidden within it. In a similar way, J. K. Rowling constructed a world out of her imagination that uses wizardry as its base, empowering children, but angering many religious adults.
One thing that is very different in both books that equally influences the reasons for banning them is that the main characters go through similar situations but are different genders. Harry Potter makes some decisions that Katniss Everdeen might have not made had she faced the same problem considering the differences between the thinking and concerns of a male versus a female. Katniss is at many times faced with the dilemma of having to take certain actions to save her life while Harry also is in dangerous situations but doesn't have to take those kinds of actions because he is able to control his emotion of suspicion while Katniss isn't. There is also the fact that Katniss has to wonder about Peeta and his true intentions while Harry doesn't let love and trust get in the way of solving his mysteries. "Maybe he has finally accepted the fact that the sooner we openly acknowledge that we are enemies, the better." (Hunger Games, 114)Many adults may find that putting a girl through the type of pain and suffering that Katniss goes through in Ms. Collins' book and having all of her thoughts heard by the reader while this is happening is disturbing, while putting Harry in the problems he goes through and giving him the ability to trust whomever he meets seems to indicate weakness.
These two books were great reads, but there are also many reasons that are needed to take into consideration when thinking about why they were actually banned in the first place. Not only have they both been said to show heaps of violence within them, but they both show societies that are negatively influencing to children. Harry Potter is said to express the art of wizardry, with it showing the cultural aspects of a new type of fictional society that parents may find disturbing, while The Hunger Games shows an aggressive place that is much like a dictatorship. The societal aspect of both books is a big similarity in the two since it influences the plot of the books as well as is a major point that determines much of what adults think of them. Suzanne Collins did a great job in her The Hunger Games in creating a place that not only makes a reader shudder, but that also has the potential to make adults feel uneasy because of the horrors hidden within it. In a similar way, J. K. Rowling constructed a world out of her imagination that uses wizardry as its base, empowering children, but angering many religious adults.
One thing that is very different in both books that equally influences the reasons for banning them is that the main characters go through similar situations but are different genders. Harry Potter makes some decisions that Katniss Everdeen might have not made had she faced the same problem considering the differences between the thinking and concerns of a male versus a female. Katniss is at many times faced with the dilemma of having to take certain actions to save her life while Harry also is in dangerous situations but doesn't have to take those kinds of actions because he is able to control his emotion of suspicion while Katniss isn't. There is also the fact that Katniss has to wonder about Peeta and his true intentions while Harry doesn't let love and trust get in the way of solving his mysteries. "Maybe he has finally accepted the fact that the sooner we openly acknowledge that we are enemies, the better." (Hunger Games, 114)Many adults may find that putting a girl through the type of pain and suffering that Katniss goes through in Ms. Collins' book and having all of her thoughts heard by the reader while this is happening is disturbing, while putting Harry in the problems he goes through and giving him the ability to trust whomever he meets seems to indicate weakness.
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