Engaging literature: Resource Assessment
One of the articles that I am choosing to use is written by Elizabeth Ginas in a Bible Literature blog regarding the allusions of self-sacrifice in the book The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. This is an extremely well written article that parallels the time of Christ and Jesus’s last hours. The author begins by saying that there are many instances when we see parallels in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, that directly resemble the stories told in the Bible. For example we see a parallel in the way that the queen controls Edmund, just the same way that the Pharisees used Judas. Edmund directly correlates to Judas in the book of Narnia, because of the way that he betrays his siblings, and Aslan. There are many other parallels that the author goes into to further solidify her argument regarding the parallels between the two books.
This book not only parallels the Bible but it very accurately depicts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ through the sacrifice of Aslan on the stone table. The sacrifice that Jesus made on earth was regarded as one of the greatest instances of self-sacrifice ever, and of course the same goes with The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. I would definitely say that this is an article that could easily be used by teachers in their curriculum to help their students understand the parallelism. Although the article s written on a blog, and is not in any way a scholarly artice, it does establish its facts well, and the author clearly understands the topic at hand. It is very well written, and easy to understand. Not only does it help interpret the Bible and vice versa but it also is an excellent example of parallelism whether you agree with the Bible or not.
Another article that I chose to review is called Lord of the Hallows. It is written by a person that goes by the alias pheonixweasley on a blog that I got the article from. However if you look at the persons user info they identify themselves as the writer of the book Lord of The Hallows: Christian Symbolism and Themes in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter, which is Denise Roper. Regardless it is an excellent article that deals with the parallels between the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Harry Potter series. There are many instances where self-sacrifice comes into effect in both books. For one it is in the Harry Potter books, very prominently. For the first few books, Voldemort is unable to touch harry because of his mother’s self-sacrifice that has allowed Harry to be invincible against Voldemort. However, as the books progress Voldemort finds different ways of attacking Harry, and Harry finds different ways of defending himself. Another very prominent theme is the sacrifice of the main characters friends in order to help the main character. For example, in the sorcerer stone Ron has to sacrifice himself in the chess match so that they all could move on. In the Lord of the Rings it is clear that all of the Hobbits, Sam, Merry, and Pippin are willing to die to ensure that Frodo completes his dangerous quest. One character in particular is Sam not only do we see Sam’s willingness to give himself up to let Frodo live, but we also see from the others that they respect Sam for his sacrificial personality toward Frodo. Pippin says, “Merry and I are coming with you. Sam is an excellent fellow, and would jump down a dragon’s throat to save you, if he did not trip over his own feet; but you will need more than one companion in your dangerous adventure.”
This article was exceptionally written and does a fantastic job of explaining the parallels between the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, especially in terms of self-sacrifice. I would certainly recommend this article to a teacher to help the students understand parallels between these two and to better understand self-sacrifice.
One of the articles that I am choosing to use is written by Elizabeth Ginas in a Bible Literature blog regarding the allusions of self-sacrifice in the book The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. This is an extremely well written article that parallels the time of Christ and Jesus’s last hours. The author begins by saying that there are many instances when we see parallels in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, that directly resemble the stories told in the Bible. For example we see a parallel in the way that the queen controls Edmund, just the same way that the Pharisees used Judas. Edmund directly correlates to Judas in the book of Narnia, because of the way that he betrays his siblings, and Aslan. There are many other parallels that the author goes into to further solidify her argument regarding the parallels between the two books.
This book not only parallels the Bible but it very accurately depicts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ through the sacrifice of Aslan on the stone table. The sacrifice that Jesus made on earth was regarded as one of the greatest instances of self-sacrifice ever, and of course the same goes with The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. I would definitely say that this is an article that could easily be used by teachers in their curriculum to help their students understand the parallelism. Although the article s written on a blog, and is not in any way a scholarly artice, it does establish its facts well, and the author clearly understands the topic at hand. It is very well written, and easy to understand. Not only does it help interpret the Bible and vice versa but it also is an excellent example of parallelism whether you agree with the Bible or not.
Another article that I chose to review is called Lord of the Hallows. It is written by a person that goes by the alias pheonixweasley on a blog that I got the article from. However if you look at the persons user info they identify themselves as the writer of the book Lord of The Hallows: Christian Symbolism and Themes in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter, which is Denise Roper. Regardless it is an excellent article that deals with the parallels between the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Harry Potter series. There are many instances where self-sacrifice comes into effect in both books. For one it is in the Harry Potter books, very prominently. For the first few books, Voldemort is unable to touch harry because of his mother’s self-sacrifice that has allowed Harry to be invincible against Voldemort. However, as the books progress Voldemort finds different ways of attacking Harry, and Harry finds different ways of defending himself. Another very prominent theme is the sacrifice of the main characters friends in order to help the main character. For example, in the sorcerer stone Ron has to sacrifice himself in the chess match so that they all could move on. In the Lord of the Rings it is clear that all of the Hobbits, Sam, Merry, and Pippin are willing to die to ensure that Frodo completes his dangerous quest. One character in particular is Sam not only do we see Sam’s willingness to give himself up to let Frodo live, but we also see from the others that they respect Sam for his sacrificial personality toward Frodo. Pippin says, “Merry and I are coming with you. Sam is an excellent fellow, and would jump down a dragon’s throat to save you, if he did not trip over his own feet; but you will need more than one companion in your dangerous adventure.”
This article was exceptionally written and does a fantastic job of explaining the parallels between the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, especially in terms of self-sacrifice. I would certainly recommend this article to a teacher to help the students understand parallels between these two and to better understand self-sacrifice.