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...choosing to write about evil, you really do have a moral obligation to show what that means. So you know what happened at the end of Book IV. I do think it's shocking, but it had to be. It is not a gratuitous act on my part. We really are talking about someone who is incredibly power hungry. Racist, really. And what do those kinds of people do? They treat human life so lightly. I wanted to be accurate in that sense. My editor was shocked by the way the character was killed, which was very dismissive. That...
...IV. EHUMBOBOR (COMPASSION...
...with it. But obsession, no less than the cell phone or the unerasability of our Internet wanderings, is a threat to our privacy, possibly our lives. Any movie, especially one as crude and inept as this one, that refuses to acknowledge that fact is dishonest--sort of a Scream IV without that series' exemplary scariness...
...wholeheartedly with your view of Harry and Co. - it's such good fun. I read parts I-III for my kids last summer (they were 3 and 4 then) and we've just listened to I and II on tape (long car journey) so we are ready for part IV (although I suspect that it will be too much for them - I'm really getting it just for me!). - Elaine...
...glad you compared "Harry Potter" to our, excuse me, "television junk" because so many kids are saturated with TV and will not even touch a book. As for adults, I believe it's even worse. Thank you for your article. Now I will go read my own "Harry Potter" IV ! P.S. My parents love these books! - Natalia...