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2. Author Janice Del Negro takes Pottermania seriously, but not too seriously. On the plus side, Harry Potter may “open publishing doors to more well-written fantasy titles for youth that might not have seen the light of day otherwise”; on the minus side, Harry Potter “may open publishing doors to more mediocre fantasy that should never see the light of day at all”.

3. In his recent book The Troublesome Success of Children’s Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter, fairy tale expert and German professor Jack Zipes complains that Rowling does nothing to challenge and instead merely repeats “the same sexist and white patriarchal biases of classical fairy tales.”

4. Feminist critic Deborah Thompson agrees: boys in the series solve mysteries and fight dragons, but girls are “studious, weepy, or simpering.”

5. Editorialist Nicholas Tucker notes in the “The Rise and Rise of Harry Potter,” Rowling’s fantasy succeeds precisely because of its “determinedly old-fashioned” and “backward-looking” qualities.

6. Tucker and Zipes agree on this point, anyway. Harry Potter is a British version of the all-American hero, “a class Boy Scout, a little mischievous like Tom Sawyer or one of the Hardy boys” (Zipes).

7. The idea of “voluntary self-sacrifice on another’s behalf,” says Charles Huttar, “is one that is valid throughout the universe.”

8. Abanes repeatedly condemns Rowling for Harry’s rampant rule-breaking and lying. Abanes is correct; Harry does break school rules on many occasions, often lying to get out of tight spots, and he rarely suffers any consequences for his behavior.