Harry Promos

[Yahtzee63 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 81730


In a message dated 9/27/03 3:28:20 AM, HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com writes:


> In each ad, the person/persons list 3 things that pretty much defines
> why they read Harry Potter.
> 
> If you had to narrow to three basic reasons why you love Harry, what
> three things would you choose?
> 

Gosh, three things. Well, here goes --

1) I love the pure imagination of it all. Whether it's the wizard paintings 
or the brilliant character names or the intricacies of Quidditch, the books are 
always full of dazzling invention.
2) The way the characters are developing and gaining three-dimensionality. I 
would never have said that after PS/SS or CoS, but from the third book in, 
this series has been growing more complex and intriguing.
3) This is harder to put into words, but I'll say that I love the books' 
sense of balance. What I mean by that is that you get both the huge, apocalyptical 
battle against primal evil AND the everyday humor of kids in school. You get 
the hard-edged, difficult relationships, like Harry's with Snape's and Sirius' 
with, well, the rest of the world, and you also get the gentle, funny ones, 
like Molly's adoptive-mothering of Harry and Dumbledore's comradeship with the 
weirder members of the Hogwarts staff. I like the way the books move through 
so many different concepts and tones so easily; it really maks the world that 
much more enjoyable and real.



Yahtzee


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