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With Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiering this week in theaters across the country, I find it apropos to discuss the Harry Potter series and its contribution to Positive Psychology. "Wait a second," you might impetuously interject. "I didn't see that on Wikipedia!" Read More
Great Fantasy Literature
I've always found it interesting that the great fantasy literature (Lord of the Rings series, Harry Potter series, Narnia series, et al) have three things in common: one, the exploration of human motivation and human action/reaction when taken "out of the comfort zone"; two, the use of universal myth/legend symbols; and three, novel additions to or takes on those universal symbols (eg: an elf, a dwarf, and a HOBBIT -- a wha'?!?) which turn out to be catalytic to climax (eg: the "bad guy" only existing because he was unable to destroy the "good guy").
I really enjoyed this article -- any motivational or human-nature takes on, say, Gollum?
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