[HPforGrownups] Re: Feelings on OoP

[Tim Johnson Family]

No: HPFGUIDX 79992

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mom31" <mom31 at r...> wrote:
(snips)
> This is how I'd rank the books.
>
> 1. GoF
> 2. PoA
> 3. OoP
> 4. SS
> 5. CoS
>
>
> Joj
>

Each of the books has its own personality; we ought to look at them like
children, actually: all different, all wonderful.
Check it out:
SS: Naive (Idea: both Harry and J.K. Rowling are full of awe, insecure, and
inexperienced)
CoS: Heroic (Harry is unstoppable, personally disconnected with the
action--Rowling had writer's block when she wrote it, so you might say she
was heroic for finishing it)
PoA: Masculine (The Mauraders and Snape were all men, Harry discovers his
father "inside him," though I have no idea how this is reflected in JKR's
life)
GoF: Fated (JKR said herself the theme was the "Cup of Faith"--it's Harry's
destiny--he can't escape it; probably that's how JKR felt about her book
series)
OoP: Angry (Duh; and from the nihilistic streak in the book, I'd say JKR has
begun deconstructing the world she created)

My personal favorite? PoA--I have a soft spot for the Mauraders.
--RTJ