Comments | iamlittlei: Harry Potter--Lasting literature or huge hype?

iamlittlei

Harry Potter--Lasting literature or huge hype?

Jul 30, 2007 01:48

The title of this note is taken from a headline in my (sub-standard) local paper. The headline was a question posed to random people in the community, whose responses were listed under it. Here are the direct quotes (notes in brackets are my comments):

"I think it's wrong because it teaches witchcraft is OK for kids. Some kids might get into ( Read more... )

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kelpie_girl July 30 2007, 16:00:59 UTC

We're the people who were quoted all in their 50s ( ... )

hagndaz July 30 2007, 22:13:41 UTC

I love Fenton...

I'm not into Harry Potter (fantasy isn't my genre anymore), but I have read a few of the books. They're extremely well-written and creative.

I think that the influx of interest in fantasy is fueled by the classics turned into movies. However, Tolkien was around well before the movies were made, and I think that Harry Potter will be around well after some of the interest in fantasy fades a little.

The claims made in the Times are ridiculous. If those arguments were true, I'd be an engineering major and running a transcontinental railroad...

hippiemarcher August 1 2007, 20:58:02 UTC

It's funny that most of the Christians who condemn Harry Potter are the ones who haven't read the books. Most Christian people I know accept that it is a well written fantasy series. And the allegations that it encourages witchcraft are absurd, not only because it isn't real, but because the "witchcraft" practiced in Harry Potter is not the same witchcraft practiced by people today (I believe these people refer to themselves as wiccans, and maybe pagans too, but I'm not positive on this).
Anyway, I love Deathly Hallows. I couldn't put it down! And I think I might just have to read it again already because I know I missed stuff.
Long live Harry Potter!

scremo_baby August 9 2007, 07:15:48 UTC

i still havent finished reading number 7

feel free to disown me as a family member now

kong11088 August 18 2007, 02:05:46 UTC

The question game!

1. What is the most important thing that anyone has ever told you?
2. If you could take one person with you on a deserted island, who would it be and why?
3. If you could offer the world one piece of advice, what would it be?
4. What do you find yourself missing about home when you're at school?
5. How much are you going to miss me if I'm not able to come to Girls' State next year? :(