Re:Any opinions of Harry Potter? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Hannah 3 · 03-26-2001, 11:04 PM

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Re: Re:right that does it.

JK Rowling wrote the first book for children 9+, and meant there to be a book a year, so the readers grow up with Harry Potter. Not for a seven year old, excited by the way everyone talks about it and so on, to read all the books at once and have nightmares for a month. You can't blame her on that one.
Yes, she read the books to her daughter when the girl was seven - but she said 'seven is really pushing it', and after all, this is her daughter - children at school obviously talked to her about the next book, does she know anything about it, is her mum really JKR, and so on and so on. Besides, she was reading it with her daughter, supporting her and trying not to scare her badly - her daughter cried at one point, when Harry sees his 'smoke' parents, but then, JK cried when she wrote it.

Yes, understandable question. So skipping Harry and Hagrid which Elenanna kindly did for me, I'll say Hermione totally reminded me of me about that SPEW thing - I'm into animal rights. And I would like to be as fearless as she is about them.
And Lupin is a wonderful character, too. Resigned so quietly, acceptingly - sticks up for Neville right in the beginning - overall so nice.
Also, I agree that it is ridiculous to say when Harry is allowed to be an adolesent and when he isn't.

I think you'll find that very few, if anyone, was against HP in this topic, except you, Samwise - but go ahead, start a poll and get it over with <img src=smile.gif ALT="

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~*Hannah*~ If one puts an idea forward to a true englishman - always a rash thing to do - he never dreams of considering whether the idea is right or wrong. The only thing he considers of any importance is whether one believes in it oneself. ~ Oscar Wilde</p>

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Hannah 3 Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 64	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Animated Skeleton Posts: 35</TD><TD><img src=http://www.durmstrang2k.homestead.com/files/aeris.jpg WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Re:right that does it. JK Rowling wrote the first book for children 9+, and meant there to be a book a year, so the readers grow up with Harry Potter. Not for a seven year old, excited by the way everyone talks about it and so on, to read all the books at once and have nightmares for a month. You can't blame her on that one. Yes, she read the books to her daughter when the girl was seven - but she said 'seven is really pushing it', and after all, this is her daughter - children at school obviously talked to her about the next book, does she know anything about it, is her mum really JKR, and so on and so on. Besides, she was reading it with her daughter, supporting her and trying not to scare her badly - her daughter cried at one point, when Harry sees his 'smoke' parents, but then, JK cried when she wrote it. Yes, understandable question. So skipping Harry and Hagrid which Elenanna kindly did for me, I'll say Hermione totally reminded me of me about that SPEW thing - I'm into animal rights. And I would like to be as fearless as she is about them. And Lupin is a wonderful character, too. Resigned so quietly, acceptingly - sticks up for Neville right in the beginning - overall so nice. Also, I agree that it is ridiculous to say when Harry is allowed to be an adolesent and when he isn't. I think you'll find that very few, if anyone, was against HP in this topic, except you, Samwise - but go ahead, start a poll and get it over with <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> ~*Hannah*~ If one puts an idea forward to a true englishman - always a rash thing to do - he never dreams of considering whether the idea is right or wrong. The only thing he considers of any importance is whether one believes in it oneself. ~ Oscar Wilde</p>