The Harry Potter mania continues. With the first part of the last movie of the magical legend hitting the screens, the buzz is thick as a smog !
Many muggles wonder how the unbelievable story of a eleven year old wizard attending a magic school and sporting a wand can captivate so many people's imaginations across ages. J.K.Rowling has touched a pulse here. Amidst so many tangible truths in the world , giving one's imagination a bit of a stretch and really letting yourself in the world of magic has its own therapeutic effects. The story captivates the child in you and gets you hooked to the age old concept of good triumphing over evil albeit in a different way. The different terminology used and the spells and charms described are really refreshing and though we have already come across "The tales of wishing chair" decades ago by Enid Blyton, Harry Potter is more of a real time hero. Friendship, love, rage, desperation, depressions, loneliness - all are addressed throughout the seven books in a different angle and doesnt fail to impress upon the readers that it could very well actually be happening in the very world we inhabit. As each book is made into a movie- it prompts the Potter fans to read and re read the books yet again to keep the story living in one's mind. The amazing number of discussion blogs and posts over the feud between He-who-must-not-be-named and Harry shows just how much of a reality has been accorded to something which no longer can be called a mere piece of fiction. Harry Potter is set to create history. I read it and am saving it up for my son to do the same. For those still not caught up in the whirlwind - open your minds a teensy weensy bit and try to put yourself pat in the middle of Ron Hermione and Harry and see where their adventures take you. If there is no proof of magic but then there is none against it too. After all who wouldn't want a big bottle of felix felicity to smooth out paths. Happy reading :)