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 * //According to Rowling, a major theme in the series is //****//death//** **//: "My books are largely about death. They open with the death of Harry's parents. There is Voldemort's obsession with conquering death and his quest for //****//immortality//** **// at any price, the goal of anyone with magic. I so understand why Voldemort wants to conquer death. We're all frightened of it."[32 ] //**
 * //Academics and journalists have many other interpretations of themes in the books, some more complex than others, and some including //****//political subtexts//** **//. Themes such as //****//normality//** **//, oppression, survival, and overcoming imposing odds have all been considered as prevalent throughout the series.[33 ] Similarly, the theme of making one's way through adolescence and "going over one's most harrowing ordeals—and thus coming to terms with them" has also been considered.[34 ] Rowling has stated that the books comprise "a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to //****//bigotry//** **//" and that also pass on a message to "question authority and... not assume that the establishment or the press tells you all of the truth".[35 ]<span class="wiki_link_ext">[36 ] //**
 * //<span style="background-color: rgb(242, 80, 80);">While the books could be said to comprise many other themes, such as power/abuse of power, //**<span class="wiki_link_ext">**//love//** **//<span style="background-color: rgb(242, 80, 80);">, //**<span class="wiki_link_ext">**//prejudice//** **//<span style="background-color: rgb(242, 80, 80);">, and free choice, they are, as J.K. Rowling states, "deeply entrenched in the whole plot"; the writer prefers to let themes "grow organically", rather than sitting down and consciously attempting to impart such ideas to her readers.<span class="wiki_link_ext">[37 ] Along the same lines is the ever-present theme of adolescence, in whose depiction Rowling has been purposeful in acknowledging her characters' sexualities and not leaving Harry, as she put it, "stuck in a state of permanent pre-pubescence".<span class="wiki_link_ext">[38 ] Rowling said that, to her, the moral significance of the tales seems "blindingly obvious." The key for her was the choice between what is right and what is easy, "because that ... is how //**<span class="wiki_link_ext">**//tyranny//** **//<span style="background-color: rgb(242, 80, 80);"> is started, with people being //**<span class="wiki_link_ext">**//apathetic//** **//<span style="background-color: rgb(242, 80, 80);"> and taking the easy route and suddenly finding themselves in deep trouble //**