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\nFirst,the disclaimer:although I read voraciously as a child who dies to the material world and conquers death of one sortand write for children as an adult,I have never been particu-or another through rebirth(Campbell 16-7,35).Hollywoodlarly drawn to fantasy,to science fiction,fairy tales,or any-story analyst Christopher Vogler extended Campbell's obser-thing along those lines.I sampled the genres and have nothingvations to modern films,demonstrating that these archetypesagainst such alternate realities,but am simply drawn moreand plotlines continue to appear,from American Graffiti totoward what we call realistic fiction.Wizard of Oz.Their persistence testifies to their psychologi-On the other hand,every work of fiction,whether fantas-cal and spiritual importance.Harry Potter exemplifiestic or realistic,offers an alternate reality,a way of steppingCampbell's hero archetype and,in Sorcerer's Stone at least,into someone else's circumstances and psyche and sheddingfollows the typical hero's journey described by Campbell:our own momentarily.That fact is intrinsic to why we readA hero ventures forth from the world of common day into afiction-when we return to our own realities(providing thealternates had substance)we are changed,expanded by expe-region of supernatural wonder:fabulous forces are there en-countered and a decisive victory is won:the hero comes backriencing the feelings of another,and better-fitted to meet ourfrom this mysterious adventure with the power to bestowown challenges.boons on his fellow man.(30)  \nThat said,I want to look at the alternate and fantasticworld of Harry Potter because it has so captured the imagina-tions of children and adults alike,garnering unprecedentedweeks on the New York Times bestseller list.The Journal of  \nAlong the way,Harry encounters many of the archetypesthat Campbell and Vogler note are intrinsic to such ajourney,among them the Herald,Mentor,Threshold Guardian,andShapeshifter.  \nMarketing reported that in2002,the first four Potter bookshave sold some 70 million cop-ies and been translated into 30languages(\"There's Some-thing…”126).Because it hasbeen such a phenomenal suc-cess,it behooves us to considerthe world and characters J.K.Rowling offers children.  \nWhile such a shifting,unreliablephysical world seems fantastic,it isnot hard to find parallels with thepsychological realms we inhabit;how much more true this is forchildren for whom the world ismysterious,new,and filled withincomprehensible rules and ways ofhandling different personalities.  \nThe first stage in the hero's jour-ney is the“Call to Adventure.”The opening of the story finds thehero placed in the OrdinaryWorld-in the language of the Pot-ter books,the Muggle world,theworld of non-wizards.The kindly,fatherly wizard,ProfessorDumbledore leaves orphanedHarry with Muggle relatives,theDursleys,believing he will becared for there until he comes ofage.Harry's Ordinary World isset apart from what most readerswill find familiar by the cruelty of  \nHers is a world that has at-tracted not just a little protest.Some conservative Christiangroups balk at what they feel isthe glorification of witchcraftand wizardry.Some went so  \nfar as to identify the lightning scar on Harry's forehead aseither a swastika or “the mark of the beast”and his broom-stick as a phallic symbol(“Some Church.….”1).Others worryabout the violence and disturbing imagery in the stories.ThePotter books have been challenged in schools and have beenburned in at least one public rally(\"Harry Potter might\".….2A).  \nhis caregivers,his aunt and uncle Dursley and his cousin.Unlike Harry,the aunt and uncle are aware of Harry's realidentity as a wizard and are determined to drive any suchtendencies from him,in the process,depriving him of everycomfort and sign of affection.Just before Harry's eleventhbirthday,Mr.Dursley observes a series of unusual events thatsignal Harry's approaching Call to Adventure:a cat 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