Harry Pottter

Mr. Bowers
Honors Humanties
19 April 2011
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
    Personally after reading this book, I would not recommend it for high school curriculum. The amount of pros that come from reading this book sadly would (in my opinion) outweigh the cons  First of all, the book isn’t an overnighter. Many children, even in high school, would take one look at this book, and slam it onto the cement or shove it under their bed before reading 759 pages as a school book.
    Also, the series made the list of banned books because a few adults believed it promoted witchcraft, so it wouldn’t be allowed anyways. Another reason that this book would be unnecessary for the classroom would simply be that it’s the 7th book in a series, so many would be, for good reason, confused as it’s jumping right into a huge story involving complicated friendships, many names and intertwining experiences. Yes, you may have watched all the Harry Potter movies, but of course not everyone has. Plus, the movies alone couldn’t substitute the books anyways, since they carry so much more detail.
    The morals of this story are very common, and I’m not sure how much the average high schooler would get out of this book. I mean, the theme of “love conquers all” , “Good always wins against the dark evil” and “Intelligence is extremely important” are all themes exemplified in movies (such as Disney) for younger children. I believe by the time one would  reach high school, the books studied should be a bit more advanced. I have nothing against this book, I actually enjoyed it quite a bit, but I don’t think it suits high school teachings.