An Unreliable Compass
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His Dark Materials is not in either of those categories. … In the simplest terms, His Dark Materials is very much like a …
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An Unreliable Compass
By Wes Rickard
On December 7th, a movie called The Golden Compass hits movie theaters. It is released by New
Line Cinemas, the same company that released the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and features an all-star
cast. It will undoubtedly be a hit, and children will want to see it. We do not yet have detailed
information about the content of the movie itself, but we are issuing this warning to parents because we
do know the content of the book that the movie is based on..
The Golden Compass is the first book in the fantasy trilogy known in the United States as His
Dark Materials, by British author Philip Pullman. I myself am a lover of the fantasy genre, and I am
convinced that it is a valuable and beneficial source of reading material for children. A few fantasy
series, like The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, contain Christian themes of redemption, atonement,
etc. Some fantasy literature, like J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, while not overtly Christian,
contains powerful moral themes. His Dark Materials is not in either of those categories.
It is not my intent in…
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