[HPforGrownups] Re: IMPORTANT- It's for a project!:) I just need to interview (read below)!!

[Andrea Degner]

Maria,

Here are my answers:

Questions are as follows:

1. What do you like the best about Harry Potter series?
Answer: Three things: The imaginative story line, the absolutely believable fantasy of teh wizarding world and lastly - thecharacters.

2. Your favorite character?? Explain?
Answer: Snape - He's so complex. As you read the story, you wonder if he's good or evil. Of course, Alan Rickman's portrayal adds a whole new level of perfection.

3. What character can you relate with the most? Explain
Answer: That's tough. I am a single, professional woman, and we don't have too many of those in the HP world. Probably it would be one of the teachers, and I do see myself as a Hufflepuff - so I'll go for Pomona Sprout.

4. Any Harry Potter real life application in your life?

Answer: Well, it probably could be that the lessons you learn from the stories can be applied to everyday life - like the idea that there's a good and a bad part in all of us and it's the choices we make that affects our future.

Do you have any secret handshakes regarding HP or secret names?

Answer: HA! Well, no secret handshakes or anything, but its fun to say 'Hey, can you Accio me a soda?'

For
example, I myself refer to people as Malfoy if they are being
jerks.

5. Do you or others consider you brave?

Answer: No. Loyal and true. I'm a Hufflepuff. :)
Have you ever done
something so daring for others (self-sacrificing)?

Answer" No. I never had the opportunity.

Yes or No?

6. Are you willing to fight for your country/or for whatever
group/religion you identify with?
Answer: Yes, if I believed there were lives at stake, I would certainly fight to protect the ones I loved.

7. How important are looks to you?
Answer: I guess I'm 'middle-of-the-road' on this one. I'm a Snape lover, and his character is not physically attractive - however, Alan Rickman - on-the-other-hand - is yummy (I'm 54 -so he's not old at all to me) .  I guess what I'm trying to say is, it depends on the situation and the fact that in real life (like in the books) you judge people initially by their looks and surface personality - only later - once you've gotten to know them, you change your opinions. I suppose the HP books have opened my eyes to that fact. 

Thank you. Really appreciate it!!!
Maria



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