[HPforGrownups] Harry's happy death(Was Re: Harry, Sirius Black, and the...

[Pamela Rosen]

No: HPFGUIDX 162117

Pam: 
> My 7 year old son and I are just about to complete Book 4 (ever try
> to read every word of the books out loud?) and I must admit, I am
> not looking forward to read 5 and 6 to him.  

Annette asks: Why?? If it gets the child to take an interest in reading it is worth it. My kids have watched Harry Potter since it came out. I have also read to my youngest. Harry Potter is alot better then most things on TV now days.

Pam replies:  Oh, perhaps I was misunderstood.  When I said that I was not looking forward to it, I didn't mean to imply that I wasn't going to do it.  But knowing how he worships Sirius and Dumbledore, and knowing what's coming, I know that will hurt him, and he will learn, for the first time in his life, that all stories do not have happily ever afters.  I know that's a good thing, but it is the loss of that basic child innocence that I was referring to when I said I wasn't looking forward to it.  But I guess it is better to learn it from a book first and get the real live experience later in life.

Pam