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6 | 13.04% |
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40 | 86.96% |
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Robotics Class Debate
Recently in robotics class my friend and I got into a debate over one of the most trivial of cases...Is Harry Potter a Superhero or not? I say yes, he says no. Don't ask how we got to talking about this just be assured it was a long and confusing road. Anyway just want to hear your opinion and your reasons to substantiate it. I'll follow up with my arguments and hopefully he'll do the same in a later post.
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in the books witchcraft is presented as a natural ability that some people are born with
but not everyone so if a given percentage of the population has this,ummm.... ability, then there is nothing super about him superheros are usually freaks of nature or the result of science gone wrong - not something you are born with except superman - he's just an alien with powers and abilties far beyond those of moral men - but the rest of his, ummm... species?! would be the same. |
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Harry Potter is definitely NOT a superhero.
He is a wizard. Period. |
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Even if he was a superhero, he's too young. How many superheros are 15? (or however HP is)
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Heh. I'm going to take the other side.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=superhero I say that by the definition of a superhero, according to The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, yes, Harry Potter is a superhero. |
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Harry never sought out and fought evil, he just defended himself from it when it came to him.
Not a superhero, just an unfortunate kid. |
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oh btw, using that logic, how does batman fit into the picture? |
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Good thought Mike, and by that logic I guess you could call yourself a superhero, anyway Batman isn't a SUPERhero, due to his lack of superpowers, people just think he's super cause he kicks so much butt. He's just a regular hero or if you want to get really technical, a "vigilante" |
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Has there ever been a superhero created by and for the British or is it just an American thing? I know there are a few British superheroes in the American comics.
To me, Harry Potter is not a superhero: he's a wizard. To the best of my knowledge, superhero stories and wizardly magic stories have never been mixed. None of the Harry Potter books have even hinted that theirs is a world with superheroes, and I've never seen a superhero comic book with a magical world with witches and wizards, spells and potions, dragons and centaurs... Heidi <============> "Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to slice roast beef" --Tom Robbins |
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Technically Batman is a SuperHeroWannaBee
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i say no, because he is a wizard and if by being a wizard then he is a superhero, that would make all witches and wizards superheroes .. and from the books, witches and wizards are pretty common, and i superheroes arent that common ..
But Dean Kamen is a superhero ... think about it .. he has superpowers. I mean who else can make 10000 high school students across several countries focus on one thing and compete in a competition against one another and even at the end of it, have them all be friends ?? who else can invent everything he has ?? and there arent a lot of him ... He is MY superhero! |
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(can you tell I have 3 girls under the age of 8?) The Wondertwins were probably under 15 also. "Wondertwin power... activate! ... form of a Hamster!" Atom Ant was probably pretty young, also... since he was an ant. They don't live very long. ![]() Andy B. |
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I have been apart of this debate in class. Harry Potter is NOT a superhero. He is only a superhero, he doesnt search for evil, he lets it come to him...NOT a superhero
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