tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post5685314480450075460..comments2024-03-27T19:07:19.133-04:00Comments on The Silver Key: Sanitized fairy tales: News story exposes modern trend of bland safenessBrian Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-24978748669911089582008-09-30T20:49:00.000-04:002008-09-30T20:49:00.000-04:00One of my favorite quotes.One of my favorite quotes.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-3254491320697881232008-09-30T00:05:00.000-04:002008-09-30T00:05:00.000-04:00"Faerie tales do not tell children that dragons ex...<I>"Faerie tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Faerie tales tell children that dragons can be killed."</I><BR/><BR/>- G.K. Chestertontrollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-23017901155364588822008-09-23T08:52:00.000-04:002008-09-23T08:52:00.000-04:00Hi Max, I'm actually not familiar with Bettelheim,...Hi Max, I'm actually not familiar with Bettelheim, though after I "Wikipedia-d" him I feel that I should be.<BR/><BR/>The <I>Boston Globe</I> writer was actually very complementary of Harry Potter for the same reasons you've mentioned here. Even though my impression of the first Harry Potter book was mixed (I thought it was okay, but it didn't make me want to read the second), I understand that it doens't sanitize its evil characters or make Harry's struggles trivial.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-72181648006309562632008-09-23T05:46:00.000-04:002008-09-23T05:46:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-82197668315019573352008-09-22T21:30:00.000-04:002008-09-22T21:30:00.000-04:00Interesting to contrast the most popular modern fa...Interesting to contrast the most popular modern fantasies with these bowdlerized fairy tales. Both the Harry Potter and the Golden Compass books, for example, feature their heroes in very real jeopardy -- even mortal danger in some cases. Isn't that one of Bruno Bettelheim's fundamental notions -- that children *need* these sorts of stories as a part of their development?Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615194097431562045noreply@blogger.com