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I've done some wondering about the weakness of female characters in =
Harry Potter, too, although I loved all the books and have read and =
re-read them. I think men tend to be equally stereotyped there, too, =
though, and that's part of the reason the books are so funny. How about =
the boring professor Binns, so dull he's dead and still lecturing? Or =
Goody-goody Percy? Or the masochistic Wormtail? Having just finished =
Harry Potter IV, I came away with a much deeper sense of the characters, =
especially Harry, Ron and Hermione, who seemed to be more =
three-dimensional to me now. Rowling is doing a good job of letting =
them grow up.
My nominee for the destined-to-be-classic Fantasy novel of our time, =
however, is the Golden Compass (& sequel The Subtle Knife) by Philip =
Pullman, which also has lots more interesting and powerful female =
characters than Potter and was written by a man to boot! Okay, they're =
not funny like Harry Potter, but beautiful, complex, troubling, rich =
stories.
It seems I've been waiting ages for the final book in the trilogy, The =
Amber Spyglass, which I hear is now due out in October. Anyone know why =
the delay?
> This is for information only. I discovered this article that =
discusses the
> role/view of women in the Harry Potter books. Thought you might want =
to take
> a look at it. It's two pages long. Something to think about during =
this
> "wild about Harry frenzy" now going on.
>=20
> http://www.cnn.com/2000/books/news/01/13/Harry.potter.salon/index.html
>=20
> Virginia Millington, MLS
> Fairfield, Ct.
> ginnystfd@aol.com
Rebecca L. Fisher
Librarian=20
Carrie Downie School (K-2)
New Castle, DE
rebeccaleah.fisher@worldnet.att.net
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've done some wondering about the =
weakness of=20
female characters in Harry Potter, too, although I loved all the books =
and have=20
read and re-read them. I think men tend to be equally stereotyped =
there,=20
too, though, and that's part of the reason the books are so funny. =
How=20
about the boring professor Binns, so dull he's dead and still =
lecturing? =20
Or Goody-goody Percy? Or the masochistic Wormtail? Having just =
finished=20
Harry Potter IV, I came away with a much deeper sense of the characters, =
especially Harry, Ron and Hermione, who seemed to be more =
three-dimensional to=20
me now. Rowling is doing a good job of letting them grow =
up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My nominee for the =
destined-to-be-classic Fantasy=20
novel of our time, however, is the Golden Compass (& sequel The =
Subtle=20
Knife) by Philip Pullman, which also has lots more interesting and =
powerful=20
female characters than Potter and was written by a man to boot! =
Okay,=20
they're not funny like Harry Potter, but beautiful, complex, troubling, =
rich=20
stories.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It seems I've been waiting ages for the =
final book=20
in the trilogy, The Amber Spyglass, which I hear is now due out in=20
October. Anyone know why the delay?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>> This is for information =
only. I=20
discovered this article that discusses the<BR>> role/view of women in =
the=20
Harry Potter books. Thought you might want to take<BR>> a look =
at=20
it. It's two pages long. Something to think about during=20
this<BR>> "wild about Harry frenzy" now going on.<BR>> <BR>> <A =
href=3D"http://www.cnn.com/2000/books/news/01/13/Harry.potter.salon/index=
.html">http://www.cnn.com/2000/books/news/01/13/Harry.potter.salon/index.=
html</A><BR>>=20
<BR>> Virginia Millington, MLS<BR>> Fairfield, Ct.<BR>> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:ginnystfd@aol.com">ginnystfd@aol.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rebecca L. Fisher<BR>Librarian =
<BR>Carrie Downie=20
School (K-2)<BR>New Castle, DE<BR><A=20
href=3D"mailto:rebeccaleah.fisher@worldnet.att.net">rebeccaleah.fisher@wo=
rldnet.att.net</A><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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