Fantasy, Mystery, and Ambiguity, a literary analysis written by Philip Nel, discusses the first four installments of Harry Potter. I really enjoyed what the writer had to say about the Harry Potter series, however, I didn’t feel that it was necessary to include similarities from other children’s fantasies such as Lloyd Alexander’s chronicles of Prydain, Susan Coopers Dark Is Rising series and Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. I feel that just analyzing the Harry Potter installments would have been good enough on its own rather than bringing in examples that were never discussed further other than relating that children like to feel like they are something more than ordinary.
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