What Makes Them Special (was POA - Book vrs movie)

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 100498

Annemehr wrote previously :
> To bring this vaguely on to topic for the main list, there must be a
> reason (or several?) why these books mean so much to so many of us. 
> Jo Rowling's definitely tapped into something, but I can't put my
> finger on it.  And, why could she do it when so many other authors
> have never come close?
> ---
> 
> Jo Ann:
> 
> For myself, I'd say it's because she does such a good job of 
creating a 
> suspension of disbelief.  Her characters feel real, and the rules 
of her universe 
> are consistent (if not always perfectly so.) 
> 
> Another thing is the complexity of the HP universe...there are very 
clear 
> moral underpinnings to the story, but it never becomes preachy, and 
in places the 
> struggle between good and evil gets just as muddy as it does in 
RL.  The same 
> facts and events change as we are presented with new information 
and POV's.  
> (Which may be why you weren't caught until your second reading of 
SS--each 
> time you read it, you reinterpret the events in light of what you 
know will be 
> coming later.  I did the same thing.)  It requires the reader to 
think, and yet 
> in spite of the length of the later books, it's a pretty easy read.
> 
snips



Honestly, I don't know what exactly made these books soo popular 
around the world. I mean I know why I love "potterverse", I realise 
that those are works of incredibly talented writer (Duh! :o)) but 
during my life I read  a lot of good and great books, which never got 
this kind of popularity. It is a mystery,which I kinda gave up of 
solving. I just enjoy them.


Yes, the world is wonderfully built. It is so easy to imagine that 
magic exists in a world parallel to ours.


Of course, to me those characters have strong emotional appeal. It is 
very important to me. I don't consider the work of fiction to be a 
good one, if my emotions are not involved in it.



Alla