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* John Granger's ''The Hidden Key to Harry Potter'', which discusses at some length the symbolism behind the series. He may be [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|imagining some of these elements]], but it's nevertheless a well-thought-out thesis with plenty of detail to back it up.
* ''Destiny Unfulfilled: A Critique of the Harry Potter Series''. You can find it on Amazon [http://www.amazon.com/Destiny-Unfulfilled-Critique-Harry-Potter/dp/098435252X here] and in PDF [
** As with all criticisms, though, take this one with a grain of salt. For example, the book seems to take it for granted that Harry should beat Voldemort by ''strength of arms'' - that is, by being a stronger, more gifted wizard, or by amassing superior firepower in the form of fellow wizards - when, in fact, a case could be made that it's supposed to be the other way around. ''[[Harry Potter]]'', like ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', might best be taken as an aversion of the whole [[Right Makes Might]] tradition: The hero wins not by out-gunning the villain, but rather by [[Flaw Exploitation]], generally of the enemy's blindness to some crucial fact<ref>Christopher Booker goes over this one at length in ''[[The Seven Basic Plots]]''</ref>. In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', for example, Sauron can't begin to imagine that anyone would ever try to destroy the One Ring, so the heroes win despite being horribly outmatched by the sheer power of their [[Big Bad]].
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]''.
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