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Is Harry Potter evil?

Harry Potter A potter is someone who makes pottery.

Potter may also refer to: People
  • Potter, Alonzo, Bishop of Pennsylvania
  • Potter, Barnaby (1577–1642), Bishop of Carlisle
  • Potter, Beatrix (1866–1943), British children's writer
 is a smart kid. He washes dishes, sweeps the floor, and he's he's  

1. Contraction of he is: He's going to school today.

2. Contraction of he has: He's already been to the museum.
 around when you need him. He's a kid with no loved-ones around, just people who hate themselves and criticize crit·i·cize  
v. crit·i·cized, crit·i·ciz·ing, crit·i·ciz·es

v.tr.
1. To find fault with: criticized the decision as unrealistic. See Usage Note at critique.
 others. He doesn't does·n't  

Contraction of does not.
 take criticism well from others, though. The ones who surround him, including his so-called family, criticize him in a mean and hurtful hurt·ful  
adj.
Causing injury or suffering; damaging.



hurtful·ly adv.

hurt
 way, an evil way.

Harry Potter is a good little boy from the inside to the outside. What is it like being in Harry Potter shoes? Alone! Everyone has their hands on you telling you what to do, where to go and choosing your choices for you. Harry Potter can witness a murder and show no feelings towards death, letting his anger get the best of him. That's because Harry Potter wasn't taught to.

He defines a kid who knows where he comes from and is willing to learn. Besides practicing magic and listening to others tell him what's wrong or what's best for him, there's not much Harry can do. He has a quick temper Noun 1. quick temper - a feeling of resentful anger
irascibility, short temper, spleen

bad temper, ill temper - a persisting angry mood
 at times, and he used that anger to either save lives or destroy them.

Question: Is Harry Potter bad or evil? No, he's just like any other kid. And every kid wants to be a Super-Hero. And, there's nothing wrong with that! Just separate the "super" from the "hero" and let's learn the facts ...

Harry Potter goes to school where wizards and witches teach and mentor Mentor, in Greek mythology
Mentor (mĕn`tər, –tôr'), in Greek mythology, friend of Odysseus and tutor of Telemachus.
 him of a way of life using magic to protect him against evil. For some reason ghosts surround him while his spirit works to know his true self, and he battles with these ghosts in order to save his soul from the devil.

Harry Potter doesn't fear anything or anyone, which is good, because fear is the mind killer. The only thing we are to fear is God.

Harry learned something very important. It is not really about magic. Instead, it is about faith that produces miracles. Both miracles and magic deal with faith, but a miracle is much higher than magic--looking beyond mere religion. The difference between magic and miracles is that Magic is the art of a person whom claims to be able to do things by the help of super-natural creatures or by his or her own knowledge of nature's secrets. And a Miracle is something extraordinary, manifested as a supernatural Supernatural
Twilight Zone, The

tales of weird events involving ordinary people. [Am. Radio, TV, & Cinema: The Twilight Zone in Terrace]
 work of God.

From his 'supernatural' powers, Harry learned that the power we all have is the ability to conquer anything we put our minds to, with the help of God. "..with God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:26).
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