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08-11-2007, 12:03 PM
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So what, finally, was it about Harry Potter that captured so many readers' imaginations? The New York Times asked a few writers, librarians, bloggers and kids what they thought the secret of Harry's success had been. Joining the discussion are Lois Lowry, recipient of the 1994 Newbery Medal and the 2007 Margaret A. Edwards Award; Orson Scott Card, author of " Ender's Game," " Ender's Shadow" and " Speaker for the Dead," ; Kimberly A. Patton, Young Adult specialist at the Lawrence Public Library in Kansas; plus others. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lowry ... Even in a Potteresque world there are the same things that exist in ordinary, unmagical life: the same uncertainties, missteps and pitfalls, the same mentors, villains, and conflicts between light and dark: all writ large by the nature of the genre. Quote:
Originally Posted by Card I'm amused when litterateurs sneer at the Harry Potter books, assuming that a big thick children's book must have been "marketed," once again proving that the mass audience is stupid. The opposite is true. ... Quote:
Originally Posted by Patton ... Readers who began the story as children were treated to a story of a lonely boy who found out that family were the people who loved you, not necessarily those related to you. Read their full quotes in The New York Times.  | |
08-11-2007, 12:10 PM
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Wow, those are great!
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08-11-2007, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Spartz
... Bottom line: people don't read Harry Potter because they're passionate about casting spells and flying broomsticks, they read Harry Potter because it is a wonderful story with great characters that are easy to fall in love with.
I completly agree with him. =D
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Everything said there is true, there's just always something in HP which you can relate to. There are some situations in the books where i'm sure anyone can find themselves in. For me, Harry Potter has been about opening my eyes, to see so much more possibilities, it made me believe that things can happen. 
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I'm actually not to sure what got me so interested in HP it was like the only books ive ever read lol but now im obsessed!!!
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How true, how true especially the last one is!!
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Originally Posted by Patton ... Readers who began the story as children were treated to a story of a lonely boy who found out that family were the people who loved you, not necessarily those related to you. I love this. It's exactly as I feel ^.^ | |
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Emerson said it perfectly. | |
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Those are very true.
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Originally Posted by Spartz
... Bottom line: people don't read Harry Potter because they're passionate about casting spells and flying broomsticks, they read Harry Potter because it is a wonderful story with great characters that are easy to fall in love with.
I agree with Spartz all the way!  I couldn't have said it better myself.
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This is gonig to be really interesting!!Harry Potter has conquered so many readers that is not easy to forget how fun it has been to read all the books.Hope it really be interesting!!
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That's a neat idea, to bring so many different people together to discuss this whole phenomenon. I liked to hear what they had to say! | |
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sweetness. | |
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Originally Posted by Spartz ... Bottom line: people don't read Harry Potter because they're passionate about casting spells and flying broomsticks, they read Harry Potter because it is a wonderful story with great characters that are easy to fall in love with. I agree with Emerson!  We all read Harry Potter because it's a wonderful stories and the characters rock! But the spells and flying's all good too. 
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Those are neat!
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lol..nice!
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so true.
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wow there great!!!!!
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Absolutely brilliant. Just brilliant, and I really agree with them.
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Everyone can see a little of themselves in Harry and can relate to his struggles - especially those of us who have aged with him.
This is so true, as so many of us have gone through our school lives with Harry by our sides, that we almost think of him and some of the characters as people we know from school, it feels as though we know them that well, and it's the way that JK Rowling writes which has allowed us to feel that way
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Quote:
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... Readers who began the story as children were treated to a story of a lonely boy who found out that family were the people who loved you, not necessarily those related to you.
Too True  
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