The Role of Good and Evil

The role of Good and Evil in Literature The role of good and evil in a novel is very important. Fiction or non-fiction, novels which use good and evil as the major or underlying theme are powerful. Three novels, Maus II by Art Spiegelman, No-No Boy by John Okada, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling are very different texts all with themes based on good and evil. Although they …

…young boy trying to adjust to a new world. The concepts of evil are easy to grasp in Maus II and No-No Boy while the evil in Harry Potter seems much more far-fetched. With the use of good and evil in their novels, Art Spiegelman, John Okada, and J.K. Rowling have all written very affective stories for people of all ages. Although these stories greatly differ, they are entertaining and are great literary works.