Jamey Heit

"Hearts of Darkness: Voldemort and Iago, with a little help from Their Friends," by Ken Rothman uses Milton among others to explain the reason for Voldemort's evil ways from J.K. Rowling's popular fantasy novels. In this, there is a correlation between the fact that good cannot exist without there being evil, as without both, there would be no sense of balance in the world or society. There will always be a hero and a villain in stories and in real life.

Milton's Satan did not start out as an evil entity, he was one of God's children, yet once he wanted to be different, and not live under God's rule, he was cast out and unwanted, this bringing about the change in him to become evil as he did not have his father's approval to lead in his place, just as Padme's death in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith was the catalyst of Anakin's despair and the evil Darth Vader went in its place. Satan's floor is his arrogance, and need to lead rather than follow, and it didn't help when he decided to lead a band of rebel angels in a battle against God's rule -- this just made his situation worse.

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Jamey Heit. Imagination and Meaning in Calvin and Hobbes. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2012. 220 pp. $40.00.

As a preaching minister in the Christian Church I appreciate discussions on intertextuality and hermeneutics. However, I normally associate such terms with the Bible and not with my most beloved comic. If ever there was a comic that deserved such learned recognition it is Calvin and Hobbes. Yet, I was not prepared for such heavy lifting when I received this text. My preconceived assumptions of this book being a light-hearted read are due to the title and the look of the front cover. I have no one to blame but myself. If you simply love Calvin and his stuffed tiger sidekick, you may want to stick with just reading the comic books. However, if you love philosophical discussions this may be a good fit.… (altro)