After just such a short period of time, all things harry potter have died down which is such a relief for me. I seriously don’t understand why there was such a craze over the book. In fact, I don’t understand a lot of things surrounding the series – movie and book. Maybe it’s because i’ve neither read any of the books nor watched the movies but can someone explain to me why a fictional story could be so ‘moving’ that a counselling hotline would have to be set up?
One theory that was suggested to me was how the readership is primarily made up of kids(which somehow doesn’t strike me as entirely accurate) and that someone like Harry seems to strike a chord with that age group…and add that to the fact that kids are more emotional, it’s easy for something like that to convert peaceful fun-loving kids into little walking weapons of mass hysteria.
Anyway, this is pretty much a ranty post that I needed to write about before diving back into my coffee…I just had to get it off my chest.
Bleagh.
(Singapore Trivia: Did you know that Harry is LKY’s english name?)
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i studied harry potter in NIE. basically, i wrote my paper on it too. i think the thing that attracts people to harry potter is that old hero-villain-prey-predator thing. it also is an avenue for us to escape the real world, into a fantasy world of magic, exciting adventures, bla bla bla. u get the pic.
well. i love harry potter. hahaha. so i’m quite sure my views are slanted. ho ho.
i studied harry potter in NIE. basically, i wrote my paper on it too. i think the thing that attracts people to harry potter is that old hero-villain-prey-predator thing. it also is an avenue for us to escape the real world, into a fantasy world of magic, exciting adventures, bla bla bla. u get the pic.
well. i love harry potter. hahaha. so i'm quite sure my views are slanted. ho ho.
i never knew what the fuss was about either. that was until i started reading the books a couple of years ago. they’re pretty fun reads!
funny thing is that it started out as a kids book. and ends up adult fiction-ey at the end. the movies are OK but don’t quite hit it. try read the books instead hehe
i never knew what the fuss was about either. that was until i started reading the books a couple of years ago. they're pretty fun reads!
funny thing is that it started out as a kids book. and ends up adult fiction-ey at the end. the movies are OK but don't quite hit it. try read the books instead hehe