A lot of people I've talked to have said that LOTR and The Hobbit are children's books. They all read them in their teens and fell in love with them. I tried The Hobbit when I was thirteen, and didn't touch it again until LOTR the movies came out. It was too slow for me back then.
Agree, Harry does stroll off the path without any repercussions. So do his faithful companions. I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop since Sorcerer's Stone, and it didn't. I was very displeased with that back then, and had a talk with my then-seven year old about how she shouldn't be like Harry.
The author had a great point about Snape's story being set up for the true Revelation. Maybe she's right and this is the New Morality, Us against Them, and anything We do is fine, but They can't sneeze wrong Or Else.
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Re: Interesting article!
Date: 2007-07-27 05:14 pm (UTC)Agree, Harry does stroll off the path without any repercussions. So do his faithful companions. I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop since Sorcerer's Stone, and it didn't. I was very displeased with that back then, and had a talk with my then-seven year old about how she shouldn't be like Harry.
The author had a great point about Snape's story being set up for the true Revelation. Maybe she's right and this is the New Morality, Us against Them, and anything We do is fine, but They can't sneeze wrong Or Else.