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Harry Potter: 3 More Things I Learned
ExileStreet ^
| 8/1/07
| John Mark Reynolds
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 Sams 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 childrens 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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To: Mercat
Our county library has a lot of audio books. My daughter listens to them on her daily commute.
Carolyn
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posted on
08/01/2007 12:10:42 PM PDT
by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
To: Tijeras_Slim; Tax-chick
Whew! If we can get the War of Northern Aggression folks over here, this thread will go 1000+ and end up in the Smokey Backroom. "Malfoy" is a Yankee name...
282
posted on
08/01/2007 12:10:58 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(I drink coffee for your protection.)
To: PetroniusMaximus
Twelve reasons not to see Harry Potter MoviesDo you apply these same standards to LOTR, Narnia, Wizard of Oz?
283
posted on
08/01/2007 12:11:16 PM PDT
by
js1138
To: Tax-chick
It appears you've had the same sort of experience with dentists that I have ... At times like this I always ask myself, "What would Tom Lehrer say?"
284
posted on
08/01/2007 12:13:49 PM PDT
by
js1138
To: Corin Stormhands
French for “Bad Faith.” I do enjoy the puns.
Can we find some connection to Ron Paul? That’ll really stir things up!
285
posted on
08/01/2007 12:14:16 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(All the main characters die, and then the Prince of Sweden delivers the Epilogue.)
To: Ingtar
You are right. He tells Tom to “regret”, but you know, that is very close to telling him to “repent”.
286
posted on
08/01/2007 12:14:37 PM PDT
by
I still care
("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
To: TalonDJ
“Do YOU agree with it? If so, why did you see all the movies?”
I can assure you, it was not for entertainment purposes. I want to understand what is being fed to this generation of children.
To: js1138
I can’t imagine.
I wasn’t the dentist’s fault that I need my eyeteeth pulled, but still ...
(Where’s that firewhiskey?)
288
posted on
08/01/2007 12:15:22 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(All the main characters die, and then the Prince of Sweden delivers the Epilogue.)
To: Tax-chick
Can we find some connection to Ron Paul?
He's like Thicknesse, the imperiused new Minister of Magic obeying and helping the enemy?
To: js1138
Either the HP points are valid or they are not.
To: ReignOfError
Our public library has downloadable digital books. I've not checked how many are available, but they do have some. You can either burn them to a CD or put them on your MP3 player.
I, too, enjoy audio books on long trips. We try to do a lot of driving at night, and I'm the designated driver then, so listening to books does keep me much more alert than music.
John Cleese was outstanding reading "The Screwtape Letters". We listened to "The Two Towers" on audiotape several years ago on one of our trips, but I can't remember who read it.
291
posted on
08/01/2007 12:15:38 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: js1138
Hermione, whose parents were dentists. Brilliant!
Very Rowling-esque humor, might I add.
292
posted on
08/01/2007 12:15:39 PM PDT
by
The Blitherer
(What would a Free Man do?)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Whew! If we can get the War of Northern Aggression folks over here, this thread will go 1000+ and end up in the Smokey Backroom.
Oh yeah? That is nothing, let me explain how Harry Potter disproves evolution but support illegal immigration...
293
posted on
08/01/2007 12:16:11 PM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: PetroniusMaximus
Do you apply these same standards to LOTR, Narnia, Wizard of Oz?
294
posted on
08/01/2007 12:17:52 PM PDT
by
js1138
To: PetroniusMaximus
I can assure you, it was not for entertainment purposes. I want to understand what is being fed to this generation of children.
Oh, so it did not effect you but Ignatz is not capable of raising kids to be as virtuous as you?
295
posted on
08/01/2007 12:18:13 PM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: TalonDJ
Oh yeah? That is nothing, let me explain how Harry Potter disproves evolution but support illegal immigration...
Wizards can apparate, so there's no sense in having any kind of borders, thus wizard immigration is OK. I'm stuck on the evolution bit...
To: TalonDJ
That is nothing, let me explain how Harry Potter disproves evolution but support illegal immigration... Did you see his American Idol tryout?
297
posted on
08/01/2007 12:18:52 PM PDT
by
Lil'freeper
(You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
To: PetroniusMaximus
Hans Christian Anderson. - Useful, in that children are taught that there are real dangers in the world and that evil is evil but they tend to be overly moralistic - in a simplistic way.Hmmm. Some of the HCA stories have witches in them, don't they? Otherwise, they kinda sounds like the Harry Potter stories.
298
posted on
08/01/2007 12:18:55 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: PetroniusMaximus
Ive seen all the movies.
And as we all know, movies are perfect copies of the books they're taken from, so that's just as good.
299
posted on
08/01/2007 12:19:18 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Cheese . . . milk's leap toward immortality.)
To: Tax-chick
I think Scrimgeour is more of a Lincoln type - blow off the Constitution for the Bigger Purpose. Not to start a fight or anything ... it's definitely admirable, in a way, and certainly not an indicator of personal evil or weakness. Uh oh! Careful with that! :-)
Actually, I really don't know enough about Lincoln (other than what I was taught in grade school) to really comment on that. Isn't that sad?
I think my next book should be a Lincoln biography.
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posted on
08/01/2007 12:19:48 PM PDT
by
The Blitherer
(What would a Free Man do?)
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