What would have been different in your life if you never read Harry Potter?

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Alla:
What would have been different in your life had Harry Potter books 
never existed? 

Janelle:
This is a great question!  I've always been a reader and always had an
obsessive personality but the Harry Potter novels took it to a whole
other level.  They got me interested in reading for details and
analyzing texts, which I believe led towards my becoming an English
major.  It might have happened otherwise, but maybe not.  Although I
always considered English my secondary major, after psychology which I
plan to use in my career, English classes were the ones that I took
for fun and I applied much of what I learned to Harry Potter!  I also
now have a love for 18th and 19th century British literature!

Also, this was the first of my many obsessions that my entire family
shared and I think our discussions about plots and characters played
an important part in helping my sisters and my mom and I to transition
to more adult relationships.