Are you still here? Go home. The movie's over.
Posted on 08/01/2007 6:59:32 AM PDT by ParsifalCA
I am warning those who have not finished the series . . . and there must be still a few of them by now. . . that there are spoilers ahead. I have just finished the last book . . . having spent an enjoyable evening with it thanks to Sam’s Club and an indulgent wife.
I am done with Harry Potter and enjoying the literary aftertaste the way one enjoys a fine meal almost as much after it is done as when it is being consumed . . . though it is a bit sad that the series is finished.
And it is really finished . . .
Will one be able to re-read the books with pleasure?
I think the answer is only a tentative “yes.” If one knows the “puzzles” and “the secrets” of the book, it will not take away the charm of the characters or the fun of a good Quidditch match, but the first read will always be the best.
The strength of these books is in the plot and the second read, when everything is known, will be satisfying for finding all the clues to what happens . . . but I am hard pressed to know if I will want to re-read them a third or fourth time.
A really great book is as good on the fourth read . . . and some children’s books (Little White Horse) are better.
I deeply enjoyed the last book and thought the ending satisfying. For those who found them quite Christian, they will find much in this last book to give strength to their idea.
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That has "wings."
Sorry, I'm from Buffalo. Very few chains have decent wings.
Oh, yes...I am also an ardent reader of the HP series. Anyone who thinks that the books are just "dumb stuff about magic" is obviously someone who has never read 'em, not a single one. I always find it interesting when someone who has never read a book--any book--feels as though they know enough about said tome to not only comment on it, but to comment on it at length. I see it as a mark of ignorance.
For someone directing the rest of us to put our energies toward what you feel are "better uses," you sure are spending an awful lot of time on a subject of which you have no interest. Kinda stupid, dontcha think?
I’d be glad to - but it may take me a bit if I am to be thorough.
I would say an elitist who is living in a fantasy world and likes to show how righteous, intelligent and moral they are. As far as Harry Potter...who cares.
Since you popped onto this thread at Post #2 to show us your...um...wisdom, apparently you do.
Given the amount of time and energy you have devoted to this thread...
“Are you still here? Go home. The movie’s over.”
So are you cleaning the theater?
Somebody's gotta carry a shovel behind you.
That quote from JKR must have really gotten to you. You’ve been very snippy ever since.
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Wow, this thread is still talking? It must have been a dull weekend.
Me? Snippy?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
You can't even get ~that~ right.
Except of course the quote doesn’t mean what you said it meant. Which was proved to you, which is why you started responding by just requoting the quote you’d already requoted half a dozen times before. STOP THE LIES. End the BS. And go away you weenie jerk bag.
“Except of course the quote doesn’t mean what you said it meant. “
She said 1/3rd of her magic was based on real historical belief.
Easy to understand.
You’re right it is easy to understand that she was talking about MYTHIC and FOLKLORIC magic not occult magic. READ YOUR OWN QUOTE AND STOP LYING.
“she was talking about MYTHIC and FOLKLORIC magic not occult magic.”
She said she was asked by children who much of the magic was “real”.
“Children often, often ask me how much of the magic is in inverted commas “real” in the books in the sense that did anyone ever believe in this? I would say - a rough proportion - about a third of the stuff that crops up is stuff that people genuinely used to believe in Britain.”
You just don’t want to see it.
Here’s the part that’s important:
“DR: Is there a certain amount of very sophisticated mythology that you’re trying to work in here?
JKR: There’s - I’m not trying to work it in, but... If you’re writing a book that, I mean, I do do a certain amount of research, and folklore is quite important in the books”
It’s a simple matter of context. If Colin and I are discussing NASCAR and somebody mentions tires context dictates the tires mentions aren’t wheelbarrow tires or bicycles. The context JKR mentioned magic in was mythology and folklore, only a completely obsessed moron would think the magic was anything but mythic and folkloric. And you ARE that lying worthless FR embarrassing moron.
And she made it clear that the context of her statement was that children were asking her how much of it was REAL.
“And you ARE that lying worthless FR embarrassing moron.”
From the front page: “Please enjoy our forum, but also please remember to use common courtesy when posting and refrain from posting personal attacks, “
Again you find yourself without an argument so you resort to a personal attack.
bump for later reading.
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