Harry Potter opinions--?

Question

I'm really interested in the fact that harry potter is just a boy who is a wizard and why it has grown to become such a huge multimedia frenzy, can i have your opinions on why you think it has become so big?

Answer 1

I used to hate Harry Potter but when i actually decided to give it a chance and read it i realized that it opened a whole new world. it was about a guy who enters into a school that sounds so amazing. i can personally relate to a lot of characters that was really something because i don;t read a lot. its been 6 years since i first read sorcerer's stone and i am still in love with the series. Its not hard to read and its abput teenagers in a magical world. a world a lot people wish was real. Harry Potter was my escape from reality most of the times and i have read each book like 15 times and i am still not tired of. Each time i read the books i discover something new, most of the times its really insignificant but i get happy. Its really the clever way of a telling an adventurous story that got me, It was amazing how i got emotionally attached to the characters,

Answer 2

In my opinion, Harry Potter books are popular for the following reasons:
- It's a brilliant fantasy: to imagine a parallel world which has wizards and witches is a thrilling experience. Rowling is able to paint a very vivid picture
- Complex plotting: You could read the first three books in themselves and enjoy them without getting too deep, but by third book you realize that there is such an intense plot at work here. Rowling is an expert at giving out just enough information, and hiding an equal amount to keep you guessing, and speculating
- It has been kept real: It is impossible not to become a part of this universe, as far fetched as it seems. Even in the world of fantasy, the characters are very real. All characters have shades of gray - you find yourself cursing the hero and even feeling sorry for the most evil villian ; each character. is given so much depth. And the situations and problems are real - however fantactically the situations may be portrayed, they are very easy to relate to - they deal with growing up, loss, pain, frienshship, love, apartheid, acceptance; just the kind of issues we deal with, wizarding world or not
- Makes you think: the stories are never preachy, but Rowling successfully manages to touch deeper chords in the readers through her characters. There are profound lessons in morals and ethics - of acceptance and tolerance, I would even say philosophy

What I especially like about the books is that you can go as deep as you are willing to - there are layers to the Potter world you can uncover. I am as thrilled by the unwritten stories(that I have managed to imagine), as I am by the written ones.

Answer 3

Part of it is because we don't really have a mythology in this culture. Just as Star Wars did, it helps feel this need.

Nearly everyone has felt, at one time or another, that they really don't belong where they are, that they are secretly something bigger and better. Also, we all have to, or want to, fight against the wrong we see in this world. We feel with him when people are making fun of him,etc. We also really need to believe that good will win out in life. And unlike many of the heroes, he doesn't do it all by himself, he has his friends and mentors. We want to think that there will be someone for us, when we need them.

Another reason is that there is a whole world, with details in the stories, and there is a consistency to them. This is important in sci-fi or fantasy, but difficult to maintain.

Finally, the characters are like real people, they're not perfect, so we can identify with them.

Answer 4

Wow, it's just that... I don't really know! Maybe it the fact that they have abit of everything. See, there's tons of mystery, a good bunch of humor, and it's all fantasy! I really enjoy the books because it puts my imagination to the limits, but controlled limits, becuase things do exist. There are rules to magic and things in the Muggle world that exist.

Answer 5

Harry's parents (sad to say) had to die either way to build everything up & make Harry the way he is Of course I wish Sirius & Fred didn't die :| I'd like Snape to live too but he's been living a lie & in pain for years so I guess his time was done Dumbledor.. idk bought him lol

Answer 6

i believe its because of the way people can relate to the books while at the same time enjoy a magical adventure.
jk is also a very talented writer.

Answer 7

1.The characters are interesting and relatable.

2.Really good stories.

3.Everyone wishes they could do a bit of magic.

Cheers

Answer 8

if you think about it, it is the first time, a book like this has ever hit the shelfs. the stories are exciting, funny and they make you use your imagination. it makes every child that reads the books believe that magic is real.
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Answer 9

If you have read J.K. Rowling's biography you will find that she was a great story teller. Besides, i love fantasy.

Answer 10

Because people could relate to various aspects of the different characters. There's something about the major characters that people can find within themselves. Let me give an example of what I mean using some of the aspects of the big three.

Harry

1. From the time his parents were killed until he turned 11 he felt unloved. This feeling of being unloved (though not necessarily ending at 11) is one lots of people can relate to.

2. Until Harry entered Hogwarts he was constantly bullied by Dudley and his friends. People who have been bullied in their lives can relate to this aspect.

3. Harry has at least one teacher (Snape) who is always picking on him in class, seemingly out to make his life miserable. Most of us, possibly all of us, have at least once in our lives felt the same way about at least one teacher we've had.

4. Harry has to wear glasses do to his poor vision. This is something those with poor vision of some kind can easily relate to since they have to also put on glasses or contacts to deal with whatever particular vision troubles they have.

Ron

1. Ron comes from a large family where he feels he's easily overshadowed and more likely to be forgotten due to all the siblings he has. Folks don't have to come from a family the size of Ron's to feel this way, they just have to have at least one sibbling whom they feel their always in the shadow of.

2. Ron's feelings of being overshadowed don't end with his family. His best friend is the boy who lived and Ron feels he's in Harry's shadow, merely just Harry's friend who could otherwise be forgotten by everyone else. Again, people can have a best friend who seems really famous or popular in whose shadow their constantly left.

3. Ron's family is so poor that most of the stuff Ron get's is either used or some kind of hand-me-down. This is a character element of Ron's that a great many people can relate to. They get the old clothes and such from older siblings because their folks can't always afford to purchase such items new.

4. Because of his family being who and what they are Ron finds himself being picked on at school. People get picked on in the real world because of their families. Maybe those families are as poor as Ron's, maybe their very large, maybe their a bit backwards. There could be numerous reasons for a person's family to be picked on.

Hermione

1. Hermione is very studious, always doing her homework and always the first to raise her hand in order to answer a question in class. And she typically has the correct answer. This is something many people can relate to as they are, or they were when they were in school, very much like Hermione when it comes to, or came to, school work.

2. Until Halloween of her first year, Hermione doesn't seem to have had any friends at Hogwarts if we judge by Ron's comment. And judging from her reaction to this comment, she doesn't like not having any friends. People who start at a new school or a new job would be likely to have this same feeling for a while.

3. Hermione is rather socially concious and is an activist for things she deeply believes in. An excellent example is the rights of House Elves for which she starts S.P.E.W. Folks who attend protests, sit-ins, and other activities for the socially concious are likely to relate to Hermione.

4. Where as Harry and Ron don't usually care if an adventure means breaking rules, Hermione tends to be a bit more by the book. She typically is more worried about breaking the rules and getting in trouble. There are plenty of people like Hermione who don't mind going on an adventure just as long as their not likely to get into any trouble doing so.

This is just a short list of their various aspects and how they relate to real people. You can sit down with any of the characters, not just these three, and come with a nice long list of aspects that people would be likely to relate to. And being able to relate to those aspects of the characters helps to make the Harry Potter series as popular as it has become.