Fairy tale v real life (was: Innocent Alby?)

[Arynn Octavia]

No: HPFGUIDX 123038


SSSusan says:
>Allow the fairytale, symbolic, don't-try-to-
>analyze-this-as-real-life view of things, but then also have us see 
>it all as realistic.  Have we shifted to "realistic" or is it a 
>mishmash of realistic and fairytale?
 
Arynn replies:

I think this is one of the reasons that children are so enamoured of Potter. The fact that it’s “just real enough.” That there could be this magical world hidden in their world, and if they look hard enough they might even notice a wizard walking down their street. That’s why (IMHO) there are references to real life things (King’s Cross, Manchester United), to make it seem like this “could be real”. It get children to look for "magic" (id est: "miracles") in real life.

--Arynn Octavia (A Lupin Lover)