Gathering of the Figments

Shaye · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:20 am Post subject: Why do we read Harry Potter?

Why do we read Harry Potter? Why do we read something that so many people believe is evil? Why do we read something that's insanely long? Why do we read something that makes us wait for years at a time to get the next installment of it? Why do we read something that we know isn't true and could never be true? Why do we read something about murder and the power of love and friendship? Why do we fall in love with a world that starts with running through a brick wall? Why do we read Harry Potter?

The answer is simple; because we love it.

Why do we love it? Well, you tell me. Wink

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Figment · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:21 am Post subject:

Why do we read Harry Potter?

Because we want to...

Why do we read something that so many people believe is evil?

Because we dont care what other people think, they are evil, and silly, and imagination should never be called evil, it is one of the best things in the world!

Why do we read something that's insanely long?

Because the story within the pages is so captivating, and we want to know what happens next, always with the wondering what happens next...

Why do we read something that makes us wait for years at a time to get the next installment of it?

Because we were silly enough to be born in the generation that is around for the publication of it, if we were born a few years later, they would be finished and we would not have to wait... oh, and also with the wanting to know what happens next...

Why do we read something that we know isn't true and could never be true?

Because we all live in a fantasy world, and are constantly told to stop, and then along comes a book that tells us it ok to stay there for a little longer...

Why do we read something about murder and the power of love and friendship?

Because we have fallen in love with it, and cannot stop reading now... (Grrr, J.K.Rowling!!!! Very Happy

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Why do we fall in love with a world that starts with running through a brick wall?

Because we are a generation that loves randomness, and also there is the fact that there are brickwalls everywhere, and anyone of them could be a secret entrance to this magical world we want to live in.

Why do we read Harry Potter?

Didn't I allready answer this??? oh ok...
As you said, we love it (oh.... and the addiction).
And for those of us who write, it gives us hope that we COULD be published some day...

oh... i'm sorry, were they rhetorical questions??? Laughing

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marianas · The Scarlet Pimpernel Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 435

We don't. That is we in the royal sense, of course. We read The Sacrifices Arc because it is painfully brilliant and makes us think and reconsider little things like good and evil...
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Nonnahswriter · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:48 pm Post subject:

i wouldn't know considering i've never read it. XP only seen the movies.
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Forgotten · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:15 am Post subject:

Why do I read HP?

Because I can't put it down! I don't think it's well written, exactly the opposite, it's formulaic, simple, written like a film script. It's just so really hard to put down!

Don't get me wrong, I love the magical world, and I admire JK Rowling for creating it. I just despise the quality of the writing in the books.
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Shaye · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:11 am Post subject:

Aww. I think she's good at writing. <3
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Forgotten · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:12 am Post subject:

It's not that I don't think she's worthy of being an author, or any thing like that. It's just that I don't read them like I do LotR or Rebecca, savoring the time I spend reading them, and turning the words over in my head. They aren't a masterpiece, which I think is because JK Rowling isn't as an experienced author.
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Aurora Asha Ila · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:41 pm Post subject:

Because everything about it has things we, as people can relate to, while also containing things that elude us.

It contains the ultimate fantasy of power, and accents the abuse and misuse of that power. Something we can most certainly relate to in present day politics.

It exhibits the same power that tempts the evil, agonising the innocent, who use that power to overthrow those who would abuse it, in simplicity.

Add that to the fact that in a way, it is it's own source of power in the creativity it contains and you get one hell of a story that is personally confronting...

All you have to do is read a little deeper the second time.

The characters and settings are all so beautifull.

I also LOVE the fact that all this power and mysticism, magic and abuse of such happens in the surroundings of the everyday.
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