Via HPANA, Bob Bankard: We can be Heroes.
But there's something big to be said for children's entertainment; it's written by people who believe there's still a chance to make a difference. It's written with a message, in the hope that the message might stick. Take our case in point, Harry Potter.
There are other lessons there, of course... The importance of friends, of trust, of honor, honesty and loyalty. Hard concepts of right and wrong, with no easy surrender to seductive and deceptive shades of grey. All of those cliched values that made us look up to heroes as children. All of those cliched values that made us want to be heroes ourselves.
Before Harry Potter, it was Spider-man, or the X-Men; before them, Superman, and Batman. It reaches back through the ages - The Scarlet Pimpernel, King Arthur, Hercules, Ulysses. All of them icons who represented the very best of what mankind could be, coupled with preternatural power to accomplish epic tasks for the good.
The lesser tasks, by inference, were left to us. We shared their values, and we burned to make a difference. We could be heroes too.
It's a little sentimental, but a good read.
And, anyone know the context of this Green Lantern quote in the article: "("The rats... Neverd've pulled this with a Democrat in the White House." - Green Lantern. Honest: JLA #73.)"
Also see The Cowboy Code.
Friday, April 18, 2003
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