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sleazy_weasley said:
For me, Harry Potter is something that I have grown up with, for over a decade, from when I was six years old and my dad helping me read it, to now sixteen, analyzing it and using it in my assessment tasks and discussing issues raised within the series.
Seven books; seven is the most powerful number; seven is a number of significant philosophy and religion in numerology; seven Horcruxes; seven days it took for God to create Earth.
The research Jo has done prior to writing the series (such as characters' names, magical creatures' history, etc), as well as the indescribable plot and character development Jo has created is purely overwhelming. It took her over a decade to come up with the story, to fix the fine lines of the plot; that is what I call hard work and dedication. Her life experiences (e.g. when she was going through a depression stage in her life) is entwined into the story in a subtle manner (e.g. the feeling of Dementors is how she felt when she was depressed). She wanted to escape, she wanted to free herself from this stage, where the form of Harry came to her, and allowed her to indulge into this magical world, this magical world that we have all wanted to escape to, in our times of trouble. (Actually, forget trouble, I just want to be in the world of Harry Potter, period).
Harry is a character who is loving and caring, always putting others before him. And Voldemort knows it, and he uses it against Harry; watching his loved ones die for him is something Harry cannot stand, and that (as well as some more mo-jo) leads him to Death. I didn't know death could be such a enriching theme, but Jo presents it excellently; some authors fail to do so, however, Jo sets it off extremely well.
The characters are built in such a way that, even if Harry hates the character from his point of view (e.g. Draco), the audience can love them. The kids grow up over the years, and the audience grows up with them. Relationships are made and maintained, some tarnished and some renewed.
I have Celebrity-Worship Syndrome (duh), but it's really just for the story of HP. So, uh, Story-Worship Syndrome, I guess ... it's something like my religion (seeing as I'm Agnostic), and I don't question it, and I do have faith in the HP world.
Call me crazy, but hey, at least I know it. ;)
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