JKR writing YA lit (was: Most burning Snape question?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 107683

> SSSusan again:
> Do you think, Cynthia (or others), that JKR set out from the get-go 
> with the idea of having her texts mature & deepen with each "year" 
> of the series or that she made the decision to do so in response to 
> her readership?  I'm inclined towards the first view, but I'm 
> curious if that's what you meant.
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan

MAE here:
I think she did.  Because in addition to HP being "an everyman,
representative (to my view) of a Christian on the pilgrimage of life."
(As another poster put it, and that I fully agree with), it is a
coming of age story.  Harry starts out as a child and we see him grow
and go through adolescence in the books.  I've heard people say what
terrible people Sirius and James were, but I disagree.  I think that
Harry, being a 15 year old, learns that his parents aren't perfect,
they are in fact, human like the rest of us.  This is very typical of
a teens struggles at this age, and necessary for an understanding of
the world.  At first Harry is angry and hurt that they have flaws, but
understands more by the end of the book.  He laughs to himself when
Ron ruffles his hair, reminding him of James.  I think this aging of
the books, and Harry, are vital to the books and that they have always
been planned that way.