Do Grown-Up HP Fans Favor PoA & GoF over PS/SS and CoS?

[Peter Shea]

No: HPFGUIDX 49603


I've always been curious about the differences between the younger HP fans and the adults. Aside from the adult-themed fictions, I've been hard pressed to find ideas & HP subjects that exclusively belong to one group or the other.

While re-reading PoA and GoF, it occurred to me that interest in the latter two may be more intense among adults, for the following reasons:

   The last have more adult characters who play central roles, as opposed to the peripheral positions they occupy in the first two books. Characters like Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Barty Crouch (senior & junior) have a psychological complexity and history which make them more compelling than younger characters.
   Harry & chums move out of the preteen and into their teenage years in the last two books--a transition which introduces conflicts that adults can empathize with (romantic relationships, increased preoccupation with the future and the role money--or the lack thereof-- plays in shaping ones life).

I imagine this may seem terribly obvious to some list member--or terribly wrong-headed. But I'd be interested in other views.



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