Harry Potter

                          

                                                    Discussion#1: Week 3 (14.8-Response)

                                          Do The Harry Potter Books Deserve Their Popularity? 

After having viewed most of the Harry Potter’s adventures, I would have to say yes. The Harry Potter books do deserve their popularity.

The author, “Joanne Rowling-aka J. K. Rowling”, not only is able to blend make-believe with reality, action with adventure into a magical world of fantasy, challenges, and expectation astoundingly. Joanne Rowling’s Harry Potter books captures the child within her readers; with real-to-life events in which readers may have had similar life experiences with or are going through similar experiences themselves.

The life in which Mrs. Rowing places her star character is not an easy one, nor, is the challenges in which he faces simple. To read the Harry Potter books, is like becoming a part of a spectacular event, as one watches the life of a child grow and blossom within each chapter and with each challenge, into a young adult.

The character Harry Potter is compared with real life issues, in which he must find solutions that deal with the use of his wit and determination and not just his magic. Harry Potter’s determination is a good influence on young readers; for they are able to view Harry as being a normal boy, unlike themselves, who must overcome unbeatable odds throughout his life to achieve his goal by not submitting to fear or giving in to ways that are wrong.

There are those who may be objective of Joanne Rowling’s Harry Potter books because they feel the “supernatural” content of wizards, warlocks, and witches are not suitable subjects for the young to immerse their delicate minds into.

Those that choose to criticize the writings of Joanne Rowling’s, Harry Potter books as unsuitable literature for the young, often forget about the other famous, award winning novels turned film, such as; “Bedknobs and Broomsticks “, which was based on the novel written by Mary Norton- The Magic Bed Knob & Bonfires and Broomsticks.- or the infamous, “Mary Poppins”, written by P. L. Travers. These are just two of many books that deal with witchcraft or the unexplained.

Harry Potter books’ are not just deserving of their popularity but because of the imagination that was put into each one of them may very well help our young, who feel weak and powerless against those who feel they must bully over the meek, stand up and believe in themselves that they too can overcome any odds.