The Wardrobe Door

The Wardrobe Door

Wrong Ways to Read a Story

Issue #2: Christians and knowing everything, She-Hulk, the sound of a black hole, and more.

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Aaron Earls
Aug 29, 2022
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Are we living in Handmaid’s Tale or Hunger Games? Brave New World or 1984?

For a few years, a relentless stream of articles compared every event and world figure to scenes and characters from the Harry Potter series.

What makes us draw these connections? We inherently recognize the power of story because we reimagine our current circumstances through the …

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