Potter Magic

Last night I watched the second Harry Potter movie, Chamber of Secrets. As I am sure everyone knows by now, Harry Potter is a wizard. He lives in a world that is run by Muggles (non-magical people), but his schooling takes place in another world entirely. In the second movie Harry is faced with a few obstacles, first, an unknown force tries to keep him from going back to Hogwarts (the school he attends) and then an old mystery arises and starts attacking students at the school. Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione, find themselves in a race against time to solve the mystery and protect the school they love. As many Christians, who watch and read Harry Potter, might say the series is a good example of good vs. evil, an allegory of a redeeming Jesus figure (Harry) and an encroaching devil (Voldemort). In The Chamber of Secrets we see these two rivalries clash. This movie shows us that evil can get in anywhere. It can attack the weakest members of our group or society and that person, unknowingly and unwillingly can hurt the people around them. Often times evil comes from places that we would guess. An example from The Chamber of Secrets, would be how Lucius Malfoy sneaks the journal into Ginny Weasley`s cauldron. But that is not the only way. Evil can also manifest itself in characters that seem friendly, but aren’t. This type of evil is shown in Chamber of Secrets in the character of Tom Riddle, who in the end turns out to be a form of Lord Voldemort. I think that this artifact gives us hope for things to come. It shows us that evil can be defeated, and things are not always going to be bad, and there are people who can help us when we don’t feel like we can succeeded. One line that is famous from this movie if from Dumbledore, the head master, he said, “You will find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.” If we look at Hogwarts as being the Kingdom and Dumbledore as a God character, then we merely have to ask and God will be there to help us; no matter what.