Book review
The two books St. Augustines Confessions and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkiban have a rich thematic depth. There is also an almost similar setting and audience target. With main characters being of the same age and of the same purpose in the books, the similarity in these two pieces is obvious. Both of these two characters act as agent of change but described at different angles. Harry plays the part where he is supposed to change some ones character traits while I Augustine the author aims at changing himself.
In the two books the theme of change is effectively used to ensure that the pit is well elaborated. In Augustine, the character regrets since he had a very bad childhood. His life was characterized by bad deed (Chadwick, 67). With many year after, he feel that all h e did was wrong and he is willing to do anything to pay for these mistakes. In Harry Porter this scenario is played by Black. Black is an evil character in the book. Children have every reason to fear this character. In Harry porter he is the villain. Towards the end of the movie the books shows the character with a lot of regrets: regrets that they wished they were of good character. In the book they are give a second chance as Harry Porter saves them from captivity (Rowling, 302).
It is evident these two books are of numerous similarities. The similarities range from thematic, structure and character allocation of parts. However, the arrangement of the plot of the two books are completely different but one could argue that the book St. Augustines Confessions contain similar thematic influence as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkiban.
Works cited
(2008). Saint Augustine: Confessions. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Rowling, J. K. (1999). Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. London:
