Monday, October 22, 2007

Dumbledore Gay? What Does This Change?

J.K. Rowling revealed that Dumbledore is Gay. Does this affect how you view the text? Would this change how you would teach it? Would you teach the text to begin with?

I'm a die-hard Harry Potter fan and have been since the first book. To be honest this didn't come as a shock to me. It only further explains Dumbledore's character.

Read the news article here

1 comment:

Todd Bannon said...

I thought it a masterful stroke on the part of Rowling to wait to reveal this until after the series was over. I can't imagine people who have fallen in love with the Dumbledore character suddenly disliking him because he is gay. This will force people to rethink their prejudices.