Harry Potter: a great representation of our time?

[mmouse322]

No: HPFGUIDX 77243

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt" 
<wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ellejir" <eberte at v...> wrote:
>   I think that the 
> > series will be popular 50 years from now.
> 
> I think it depends on how well she finishes the series.  Another 
> volume like OotP would finish off a lot of the enthusiasm for HP.  
> But a good conclusion would probably establish it as a mid-
> level "classic".

   ---I'm not a literary expert (in fact, I doubt I could carry on a 
conversation about it without sounding like a 12 year old), but I do 
agree that if book six is anywhere close to OotP's tone, it would 
kill a lot of the excitement people have for HP. I know it's 
not "realistic" for a boy like Harry to not show some anger and 
bitterness, but flying over London on an invisable horse isn't very 
realistic either, is it? I just hope that book six shows Harry back 
to normal and not so brooding; I don't even want an explaination as 
to why he's semi-happy again. That's not likely though, damn.