Please refrain from rudeness or I`m going to report you. I was just wondering if anyone thought that maybe Rowling got all of those brilliant ideas from a friend who went there? If you know anything else about it message me or say it in your answer. Tell me I`m nuts and you`re getting reported. I was just wondering..
2006-10-06 15:28:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
If you do believe in it, email me at HailyChampion@yahoo.com
I found out a lot of information and I`m more than willing to share and chat about it.
Email me any questions and I`ll do what I can to answer them (I got a ton of information AFTER I asked this question, but I might as well save other people`s points by telling them what I know).
Hope to hear from you.
Please don`t email unless you actually do believe, or you`re just wasting both of our time.
2006-10-08 08:44:51 · update #1
no i dont think he is real although I guess anything is possible
2006-10-06 15:31:55 · answer #1 · answered by Amanda D 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Okay, if I was allowed to say that you're nuts, I could.
No, Harry Potter does not exist, and the same goes for everything associated with the magic element of the Harry Potter universe. There is just very little evidence for it, even less than there is for God (and that's saying something).
Why? Well, I could post so many reasons itthe Harry Potter universe doesn't exist that it would overload the Yahoo Answers hard drive. But let's look at some of the main ones:
- The effects on the real world. We know what dates are involved; Harry Potter is born in 1980 and the books (counting the unwritten seventh one) take place from 1991 to 1997. This means that, during the summer of 1993, there should have been a warning on british TV that a criminal called Sirius Black was on the loose. It also means that there should have been a hurricane in the summer of 1996, and that somewhere in England there should be a campsite where, in the summer of 1994, anyone approaching it immediately remembered appointments and left. None of this ever happened.
- A number of wizard buildings are unplottable, which means you can't plot them on a map. Therefore, if anyone attempts to draw a map of, say, Hogwarts, some invisible force should prevent their pencil from making those marks on the paper. Similarly, there should be a blank space on Google Maps somewhere in Scotland, marking the location of Hogwarts. Neither of these have ever been observed.
- If the wizards really wanted to retain their secrecy, why didn't they erase Rowling's memory before she ever started the first book? Why did they ever let these eight books (counting the two subbooks that aren't part of the series), four movies and who knows how many computer games be made at all?
2006-10-06 15:32:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
There are aspects that are real, and aspects that are not.
REAL:
There is a battle between good and evil on earth, it just manifests itself in a different way than in the books.
Courage, intelligence, and love are necessary tools for evil to be overcome.
People really struggle with friendships, school, family issues, bullying, etc.
In the movies, there are some scenes that are filmed in real locations, but none of them are really "schools of wizardry".
The government attempts to control schools.
Etc.
NOT REAL:
The characters (although JK Rowling has said that she based Gilderoy Lockhart on a real person with a different name...that's the only character she said is based on a real person)
The magic
The schools of wizardry
The magical creatures
In other words, JK Rowling has taken real themes and struggles that real people have, and wrapped those themes in a world of characters and places that she made up. This is part of what makes her books so great. You can relate to the characters even in a world where Rowling's imagination has run wild!
Enjoy the books, immerse youself in them, but don't let yourself become overly involved to the point where you think they are real. Focus on the themes, as they are more important.
2006-10-10 06:12:48 · answer #3 · answered by crazyperson1972 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I saw the show (Lie Detector) where the childhood friend (or cousin) said he had done all the stuff, that Harry had done so that is where she got all the ideas from. But I cannot remember if the childhood friend was tellling the truth or not. He did look like Harry Potter though.
2006-10-06 15:37:41 · answer #4 · answered by krayzmom 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't believe in Harry Potter, but I enjoyed the movies. I also liked Bewitched, Cinderella, Peter Pan, and Lord of the Rings.
2006-10-06 15:32:27 · answer #5 · answered by makeitright 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The way the fundamentalist christians burn the books, and demand they not be sold, I think maybe most of them do
2006-10-06 19:52:30 · answer #6 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i believe the characters are based on people she has known, she's even said that much...but as for the magical stuff, that's the work of one of the most imaginative/creative minds in the business!! i love those books!!
2006-10-08 00:03:46 · answer #7 · answered by bored_ass_little_girl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If people believe in something as stupid as the bible, whats to stop them from believing in the Harry Potter novels?
2006-10-06 15:34:48 · answer #8 · answered by some guy 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
lol i dont think a magical school is in europe and i dont think harry potter is real since magic isnt real and if it was wed already now it
2006-10-06 15:30:49 · answer #9 · answered by Andrew q 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It is fictional.... If she would have gotten any of that from a real person it would not be a fictional book
2006-10-06 15:32:03 · answer #10 · answered by jimmy h 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋