The Power of Love and Self-Sacrifice in Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings

This is another excerpt from The Lord of the Hallows: Christian Symbolism and Themes in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter  for you to enjoy. I think the popularity of both The Lord of the Rings and of the Harry Potter series is due in part to the loving  relationships between the heroic characters and the loyalty that these brave friends have for each other.

 Both in Christianity and in Harry Potter's world self-sacrificial love has the power to defeat the Curse of Death.

          In the first...