Harry Potter article in NY Times(OT)

[ReinaKata02]

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Date: 8/13/00 12:08 pm  (ET)

I'm glad you all enjoyed the Dave Barry article. I thought it was
funny too.

>>Everything I got in Junior High and High school Lit. was either
hopelessly grim (e.g. _The Red Badge of Courage_ and _The Lord of the
Flies_), or if by some wild chance it *was* something good like _Huck
Finn_, it got analyzed to death.<<
When I was a senior in High School, I took an English class called
Contemporary Literature. It was nicknamed the War Class because nearly
everything we read was about soldiers fighting in some war (usually
Vietnam). It was so depressing!

I define literature as something that makes you think. Huck Finn no
longer makes me think. (I think there is a rule that all Connecticut
students must read every single Mark Twain book in existence). However,
Harry Potter does make me think.
Have a nice day. ~Kaitlin