The drawback of being a elder reader
With a little bit inconstancy, moderate interest and huge expectations, I finished reading the Harry Potter series and then, everything came to a halt. Though I wish Harry would accompany his followers year after year, it is after all, impossible. And I believe we shall embrace only Rowling's version of Harry, for classics are not to be stained by anyone untrustworthy of continuing them.
I'd never seriously began reading the Sorcerer's Stone until winter holiday of this year, though the book has been lying quietly on my book shelve for about four years. It's similar to the case involved with many films that I skipped through in Douban 250 for so many times without noticing, yet finally found them riveting after I viewed them. Thus, unlike most followers of Harry, I am the elder one, taking pleasure in the books in my early 20s. I am hardly the ones grow up to be proud of Harry, though I'd missed none of the seven films in those days. For me, the impacts of characters and spirits on my mental development are vague, while the pleasure in pure reading amounts to a great level, which is probably not a very good thing. Therefore, I shall only express my feelings and thoughts from the standpoint of an elder reader who experienced no anxious waiting for the return of books or the coming of films.
Characters are typically set and well developed. Harry, Ron and Hermione are like my old friends who I knew well, each possessing my beloved characteristics and nasty shortcomings. Albus and Snape are amazingly well characterized and developed that they constitute a big part of the mystery of the whole story. However, the techniques seems a bit awkward when it comes to certain characters. The existence of Draco, swaggering and timid throughout the time for example, is necessary to only stimulate the ongoing scene and give prominence to the protagonists. Meanwhile the author spared no effort in enriching the image of Draco, compared with the frequency of inviting him to the scene, which is somewhat unsatisfying. The same thing also happens with regard to McGonagall, Lupin, Bill, and even Ginny. Yes, I could tell the tremendous change of Ginny from a little girl to an attractive lady. But I could only grudgingly accept the change and the all-too-sudden affection of Harry toward her. So, I just remind myself, books for children, or, young souls only.
Plots are integrated comfortably into main story lines, which intersect and finally meet within one point, revealing the truth beneath the water. The Harry Potters are so much mysterious books as adventurous books. Particularly noticeable is the author's ability to connect and reinforce the truth and mystery throughout seven books and her foresight upon writing the very first book. Whatever the preconditions or delusions used that befuddle readers before letting them know the truth however, Rowling never failed to satisfy my curiosity for coherent explanations and my expectations for the people, which is what I'm grateful for.
Supernatural creatures and powers also add to the fantasies of Harry Potter, which is quite obvious. These mysterious beings, which I believe, could be traced to ancient fairytales, folktales, literature or mythology. And those superpower might have been laid upon the depth of human race's subconscious almost infinitely. Be a son of modern society, scientific era, I am still fascinated by these symbols, these limited presentations of our unmeasurable imagination.
Simple and outright, Harry Potter is a story that wouldn't cause me much thoughts. The story between Snape and Lily is less sentimental than reasonable. The lose of Sirius, Hedwig, Dobby, Lupin, Fred has been overwhelmed with not mere melancholy but a sense of light callousness that stretch out the story. (Rowling is always praised for her slyness and humors as such) But one will sincerely appreciate the greatness of Albus, and adore the friendship among Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
April 8th
Hilles library
I'd never seriously began reading the Sorcerer's Stone until winter holiday of this year, though the book has been lying quietly on my book shelve for about four years. It's similar to the case involved with many films that I skipped through in Douban 250 for so many times without noticing, yet finally found them riveting after I viewed them. Thus, unlike most followers of Harry, I am the elder one, taking pleasure in the books in my early 20s. I am hardly the ones grow up to be proud of Harry, though I'd missed none of the seven films in those days. For me, the impacts of characters and spirits on my mental development are vague, while the pleasure in pure reading amounts to a great level, which is probably not a very good thing. Therefore, I shall only express my feelings and thoughts from the standpoint of an elder reader who experienced no anxious waiting for the return of books or the coming of films.
Characters are typically set and well developed. Harry, Ron and Hermione are like my old friends who I knew well, each possessing my beloved characteristics and nasty shortcomings. Albus and Snape are amazingly well characterized and developed that they constitute a big part of the mystery of the whole story. However, the techniques seems a bit awkward when it comes to certain characters. The existence of Draco, swaggering and timid throughout the time for example, is necessary to only stimulate the ongoing scene and give prominence to the protagonists. Meanwhile the author spared no effort in enriching the image of Draco, compared with the frequency of inviting him to the scene, which is somewhat unsatisfying. The same thing also happens with regard to McGonagall, Lupin, Bill, and even Ginny. Yes, I could tell the tremendous change of Ginny from a little girl to an attractive lady. But I could only grudgingly accept the change and the all-too-sudden affection of Harry toward her. So, I just remind myself, books for children, or, young souls only.
Plots are integrated comfortably into main story lines, which intersect and finally meet within one point, revealing the truth beneath the water. The Harry Potters are so much mysterious books as adventurous books. Particularly noticeable is the author's ability to connect and reinforce the truth and mystery throughout seven books and her foresight upon writing the very first book. Whatever the preconditions or delusions used that befuddle readers before letting them know the truth however, Rowling never failed to satisfy my curiosity for coherent explanations and my expectations for the people, which is what I'm grateful for.
Supernatural creatures and powers also add to the fantasies of Harry Potter, which is quite obvious. These mysterious beings, which I believe, could be traced to ancient fairytales, folktales, literature or mythology. And those superpower might have been laid upon the depth of human race's subconscious almost infinitely. Be a son of modern society, scientific era, I am still fascinated by these symbols, these limited presentations of our unmeasurable imagination.
Simple and outright, Harry Potter is a story that wouldn't cause me much thoughts. The story between Snape and Lily is less sentimental than reasonable. The lose of Sirius, Hedwig, Dobby, Lupin, Fred has been overwhelmed with not mere melancholy but a sense of light callousness that stretch out the story. (Rowling is always praised for her slyness and humors as such) But one will sincerely appreciate the greatness of Albus, and adore the friendship among Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
April 8th
Hilles library
