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Showing posts with label harry potter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label harry potter. Show all posts
Monday, July 30, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
It Is Finished
Finished the Harry Potter book. It was good, but could have been better. I won't write a full review here because a lot of you could still be reading. I will return my copy to the library, for those of you waiting, today.
Friday, July 20, 2007
In Honor of the New Book
My review for the 6th book originally posted to amazon on July 26, 2005:
The newest addition of Harry Potter is darker and racier than previous books have been. New loves are found and lost and maybe found again. The humor that the Weasley twins brought out is absent and the book remains serious throughout. Harry is back to being the "curious and able to find trouble" Harry, and he is not as angsty as he was in the series' previous incarnation. Ron and Hermione are rocks that are unchanging. Malfoy strangely absent for most of the book, is given more depth when he is brought to the forefront.
Most people will hate Snape more after this story, but I believe that there are hints of character development in Rowling's writing of him. This book brings about great changes for Harry, and by the end, the series is turned on its head. The series, as originally planned, was only supposed to follow Harry through his seven years at Hogwarts. This does not look to be the plan anymore, as the ending of the book opens the story up past the enchanted halls of Hogwarts. Let us hope that Rowling does not get bogged down like Jordan has and is able to take us to the last battle in a reasonable amount of time.
Rowlings writing is improving vastly. The complexity of the story and number of characters demand it. She rises to the challenge almost effortlessly. She makes some hard decisions that she will likely take some pretty harsh criticism for, and the story, along with the characters, is more grown up. The magical world of Halloween feasts is gone in this book and is replaced by a world in fear of the very magic it cherishes.
This book has some mature themes in it, and is therefore recommended for teenagers and up. If you have a younger child that wants to read the book, I would recommend reading it yourself first. If you are a fan of the series you will love this book. If you hated the last book, you will not hate this one. Rowling recovers nicely in this book.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
The Duality of Man
The above picture is my current wallpaper at work. We have dual monitors and the image splits so that the Autobots are on one side and the Deceptacons are on the other. I like this. It represents the duality of man and to a further extent the duality of my soul.
Conrad stated that every man has a heart of darkness. I believe that this is entirely true. I also believe that man has a conscience. Both forces battle for mans soul and every person has aspects of darkness and light in their personality.
This battle is referenced in allegory in almost every great story. My wallpaper above uses the Autobots and Deceptacons, Harry Potter has Voldemort, Gandalf has Sauron, and He-Man has Skelator. In some stories the dark wins out, just as in some lives.
Anyway that is what caught my attention about my wallpaper. I didn't just want Autobots, and I didn't just want Deceptacons. I had to have both, because both are a part of me.
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