Why the Harry Potter Series is the Greatest Epic Story of All Time
Harry Potter and the Redefinition of the Epic: Exploring the Otherness, Truthfulness, and Universal Popularity of the Series What is the modern epic? This immense question has been central to our World Literature class this semester, and this paper will explain why the Harry Potter series exemplifies the qualities discussed during class, defining the series as not only the modern epic of our time, but also as a universal epic. The series’ immediate, universal appeal is what differentiates the series from epics we consider classic, such as Homer’s The Odyssey , as well as compares to the quick-spreading popularity of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner in the adult community. J.K. Rowling’s seven-part Harry Potter series combines the qualities of other epics, such as commenting on othering and other discriminatory acts, exploring the value of truthfulness, and exploding in popularity...