경계와 선택에 대한 은유: 『해리 포터』
Metaphors of Boundaries and Choices: Harry Potter Books
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The purpose of this paper is to examine J. K. Rowling's literary metaphors in her Harry Potter Books. The metaphors in these books, such as boundaries and choices, are used to reveal and expand the values of truth and lie or life and death. Harry Potter, “the boy who lived”, is the only person survived in the battle against Voldemort. Harry, a young wizard, is treated as an abnormal nephew by Dusleys. However, his "abnormality" is a metaphor of transgressing boundaries in these books. The magical world where he belongs is hidden behind this actual world without Muggles’ notice. To help Harry gain the skills and power for blocking off Voldemort, two important devices appear in the novels. The first one is "the mirror of Erised". By this device as a metaphor of truth, he realizes a gap between the distorted desire and truth. Platform nine and three-quarters in King's Cross station is the second device to support Harry. This peculiar place in which both reality and fantasy or life and death coexist operates a metaphor of choices, and there Harry needs to choose whether to live or not. Through Harry's tough adventures, Rowling suggests that values such as truth and choices are essential to overcome obstacles in our lives. So if we have imagination to share Harry's adventures and understand Rowling's metaphors used in the books, we can decide to "walk straight at the barrier between platforms nine and ten".
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The purpose of this paper is to examine J. K. Rowling's literary metaphors in her Harry Potter Books. The metaphors in these books, such as boundaries and choices, are used to reveal and expand the values of truth and lie or life and death. Harry Potter, “the boy who lived”, is the only person survived in the battle against Voldemort. Harry, a young wizard, is treated as an abnormal nephew by Dusleys. However, his "abnormality" is a metaphor of transgressing boundaries in these books. The magical world where he belongs is hidden behind this actual world without Muggles’ notice. To help Harry gain the skills and power for blocking off Voldemort, two important devices appear in the novels. The first one is "the mirror of Erised". By this device as a metaphor of truth, he realizes a gap between the distorted desire and truth. Platform nine and three-quarters in King's Cross station is the second device to support Harry. This peculiar place in which both reality and fantasy or life and death coexist operates a metaphor of choices, and there Harry needs to choose whether to live or not. Through Harry's tough adventures, Rowling suggests that values such as truth and choices are essential to overcome obstacles in our lives. So if we have imagination to share Harry's adventures and understand Rowling's metaphors used in the books, we can decide to "walk straight at the barrier between platforms nine and ten".
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