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Life, Death and Harry Potter |
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Written by Olwen
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
JKR has said that writing the Harry Potter series was a form of therapy following her mother’s early death from multiple sclerosis, a particularly vicious wasting disease. Although the deaths of main characters occur throughout the series, there are several striking scenes and images that convey a survivor’s point of view, particularly if the survivor, like JKR, has witnessed someone’s slow demise. While the story guides the reader through these wrenching scenes, in the end it affirms life by coming to terms with bodily death and the possibility of an afterlife.
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Lily Evans Potter – attempt at a character analysis |
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Written by Nyctalus
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Friday, 17 August 2007 |
I suspect many of us agree that the greatest magic of JKR’s characters is not at all the amazing things they can do as wizards and witches. All of their displayed magical powers - from flying as a bird over an asphalt playground or forcing the petals of a flower to pulse like a heart, to their more “channelled” way of performing powerful charms that transform their surroundings or mixing up complicated potions that “ensnare the senses” – all of them are truly inspiring and open up your mind to an infinity of possibilities. But to me, the most magically beautiful thing about these characters, is rather that they are so real, so very much alive, that they seem capable of walking right out of the pages and into our own heads to stay there. We could as well have known them personally... And, to quote Albus Dumbledore: “Of course it’s happening inside your head Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
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