What do you think the Harry Potter series is trying to say?

That an author likes to write a book that is well read.

I'm not sure they are meant to say anything - just fun stories for kids. Not a fan myself, they felt too recycled for me.

Give me money, lots of money.

I suppose it is what you see in them. Probably the struggle and triumph of good over evil. I am re-reading "God, the Devil and Harry Potter". The author, John Killinger, sees much of the Christian message in the series. He thinks they are as great a series of classics as the Narnia series and Lord of the Rings. I think he has something there. I've also read a book that sees the Sherlock Holmes series as the struggle and triumph of good over evil.

If you read them you'd know.

I do not think the series has an overreaching theme.

It is obvious that if it did, that was radically altered by the events of 9-11.

It's just a really great story. It's a coming of age story in which the main character learns to tell the difference between friends, rivals, and real enemies. Along the way the author addresses racism, bullying, classism, and also gives the reader food for thought about what makes one side more "right" than the other.

prophacy and ...stupidity in a sense,,oh i like the books,realy,,but..they have so many stupid holes..like how could muggles and wizards live so close,yet magic people act like they know nothing of the real world,or how rons dad works with muggles,yet has no clue what things are...or how after wizards are done with their 7 yrs of school..thats it for education...?.....how their is alot of racism in the magic world,towards their own kind and muggles,how why let your child go to a school that teach,just magic stuff and not real world stuff. theirs alot of nonsense..but i do like the books......i did notice in the magical beast movie,they made the americans to be azzholes ...crazy cause the brits are just as bad,and one last thing....why would you let a house like slitherin excist...every wizards turns out bad from that house....WTF?...WHY LET THAT BE A THING.......

It's a story. Entertainment.

Extremely good entertainment, with many excellent and worthy values expressed by most of the characters - but entertainment nevertheless.

It's not 'trying to say' anything in particular.

It's fine for people to see an underlying message or theme in a book or series of books that they like, but I think at the end of the day, it's really just about a bit of escapism. The "Harry Potter" series is really just about the adventures of a boy as he grows to become a young man. And while his story isn't very run-of-the-mill at all, there are still elements of many of the things that make up a memorable, enjoyable tale. There's a bit of the hero's journey, there's a bit of mystery and intrigue, there's good versus evil, there's a coming of age tale, it's not strikingly original, and I don't think the author set out to batter the reader over the head with symbolism and meaning, but it got a lot of young people reading who had scarcely picked up a book in their lives. And it reminded a lot of older people that books can still be fun and moving and that every once in a while a story can come around to remind us of what it means to derive enjoyment from investing ourselves in a character. The books won't go down in history as being some of the finest of all time, but they will likely be remembered for a long time for the joy they brought to a great many people, and in my very limited experience with them, that was my impression of what the author wanted to achieve with them. And I would say that she mostly succeeded in doing it.