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Show mNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 NEWS 6, 2005 DIXIE SUN - 7 otters Goblet of Fire brims with fear to act even if you are afraid, says Dr Anne Alton, an RTeak kneed muggles iccoil fi om Harry iv and the Coblet of L Dubbed "Scary Potter in the latest t Bi ltish pi ess, Kin adaptation of J K idings inci teasingly dark in the fran 0s IS the se to be slapped with a fn-s- PG-idtin- Opening Friday, Goblet allows with menacing s 1 and scenes of tor and murder Based on foui th book m Rowlings iiccted ous 14 seven year-ol- d part series, Harry it chilling regeneration evil wizard Voldemort m a ih the avevai d ritual od sacrifice of flesh and hard stuff to stomach, when rendered h great special effects But oerts say the boy wizard s nfving trials and how he Des with them reflect very al stages of human develop-- t nt and offer audiences ong tools for dealing with It life with tion, harrowing magical nnpics called the Triwizard It culminates ui nament ough a English professor at Central Michigan University, who specializes m children s lutei a ture That is a very mature thing, and I don t mean an adult one because kids do it all the time, she says Harry Potter does the task at hand because he understands that there are things more impor tant than fear, like anmhila s oecially ir Potter series empha-e- s "the notion that you have The out oy Faced with such threats throughout the series, Harry picks his way along a ti each erous path of discovery However fearful he may be, recognizing this process is central to adolescence At this stage of development, you are trying to distm guish between good and evil, says Dr Lynne Tan, M D a psychiatrist at Montefiore Medical Center "When you re a little kid, you don t really know the difference between the two As you get older, you learn what is acceptable m society, and it is very complex thinking' Especially for a young hero who, as he defends himself , Mi against the Dai k Ai ts, l eal lzes his own potential to use them There is the suggestion that within all of us there is the potential for good and the potential for evil savs Lana A Whited, an English profes sor at Ferrum (Va ) College and editor of The Ivory Tower and Hai ry Potter Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon That we could possess tins possibility and can choose evil is very trou blrng Harry has" an ongoing anxiety about it Earlier in the series Harry s mentor, Prof Dumbledore stresses that it is our choices and not abilities that determine who we become Significantly, Voldemort fears his own destruction above all else Later books reveal the horrifying lengths he has gone to achieve lmmoriality In contrast Harry risks his life again and agam to battle evil and to save those he cares for he nearly drowns saving others in the Triwizard Tasks Rowling emphasizes Li importance of consequence with the introduction of The Will work for Unfoi givable Cui ses" in Coblet The use of these thi ee spells w hich kill inflict pam and exercise total power over othei s can land a w izai d or watch in prison for life Dark wizai ds use them with abandon, to terrorize, manipulate and control with fear Those curses are meant to make us think about which of our actions is irrevocable," Whited says The suggestion is that the gi eater harm is the harm that cannot be undone Though Harry struggles wit h more and more frighten tng circumstances, fans need not shy away from the books One of the things that helps us cope with our own feai s is to feel through a vicarious situation, says Dr Lmda Sapadin psychologist and author of Master Your Fears, How to Triumph Over Your Worries and Get On With Your Life " "You get involved m a drama (Like Harry) and get an adrenaline rush out of the fear, but it is safe You know that m the end, everything will work out okay (c) 2005, Distributed by Knight RidderTribune Information Services SCHOLARSHIPS? Want to join the Dixie Sun news staff? The following positions may be offered with a scholarship for Spring Semester 2006 Staff Writer Sports Writer Photographer Rhiannon Bent at edu for more information or call 652 7816 bentdixie Applications are due Dec. f If, f: i , mu p A i .M hi 'S'svn ml t - 4 i I t - tz IM iHfift t r' if imiim J t J f 2 |