Exactly!! As a matter of fact, magic is the hook that drags you into
the books, but it isn't even essential to the fun.

The books are the age-old 'Orphan child goes out into the world to
discover lost birthright' theme. Homer used it, Lucas used it, and
countless writers in between used it. JK Rowling uses it so well that
millions of kids raised on TV and video games are picking up a book
this summer.

PlainBill

On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 16:22:37 GMT, "Mary Alice Kropp"
wrote:

SNIP


All that aside, my take on the whole HP thing is that they are just plain
good stories- enjoy 'em as such!

-Mak
http://www.thirtytwopaws.com/mak
Updates 6/22/03

Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

It's more fun to color outside the lines.