What did you like about Harry Potter?

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 183794

A good question, especially as so many of the comments lately have been about
what we DISlike about it.

I would have to say that I liked the fact that magic did NOT solve all the
problems;  in spite of being wizards/witches, Harry and his friends have to deal
with all the same problems and challenges that young people growing up must deal
with everywhere.

I liked the way she held up such a crazy mirror to our society.  I liked her
clever names, with all the historical, mythological, and literary allusions.  

I was reminded, in reading the series, in various ways, of C.S. Lewis, Jonathan
Swift, Charles Dickens, and E. Nesbit.

Bruce Alan Wilson

"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man.  Other forms of
transport grow daily more nightmarish.  Only the bicycle remains pure in
heart."--Iris Murdoch



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