From: bji <ihlen>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 06:07:06 -0600

Colleagues:

My psychologist friend and Englisth teacher I are waiting for the newest Tolkien movie while at the same time discussing this discussion of Harry P. She's of the opinion that there is not enough HP character depth while I love that the characters for me deepen and diversify as each book arrives; we have our end-of-November ideas to share here:
-------- Madelyn B's "take"
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And then there's my take--I'm wild about Harry Potter. I think I am deepening my character with each person I meet--in the book world as well as in the one in which I live and work. I think his character is moving forward just fine! His dysfunctional family of Muggins is worse than mine could ever have been, his getting into the house of nobility (not a gang, a great team) , and his growing character with 4 books to come amazes, amuses and delights me. I love that some of the baddies are just plain unredeemably bad at this point in his life too--the label of stereotyping there fits but today, it would seem, we are all too easily led to give the villain a cushion of no blame. So, I can hate the villains here knowing that as in "Star Wars" that Darth Vader may turn out to be in the family tree....and I can love the young man who is finding himself as he finds his own connections, his own identity, and his own powers. Hurrah for Harry.

----------- English teacher Betty Ihlenfeldt-? Forest High School



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