Do you think Harry Potter makes readers become interested in witchcraft?
104799
No ... By the time the child is old enough to read, more important, old enough to understand what they are reading, they should know the difference between reality and story.\n\nPS.  My daughter has been read every single Harry Potter book out probably @ least 2-3 times each.  She is not interested in witchcraft.
1163438
Well, i like the Harry Potter Series a lot. J.K.Rowling have been such a good author. Reading her books makes u feel that everything, every event in it's happening in front of Ur eyes.\nU actually feel that u r 1 of the characters. It creates a thrill & excitement in both mind & heart.
536570
no im like the biggest harry potter fan here so if anyone has anything to say they can say it to my fist that will be smacking ur face. o yah and ur reported....\nfreak
77776
I, for one, would like at least on or two books showing what happens to Harry, Hermione and Ron after they get out of school.\nBut, the author's original concept was to finalize everything at the end of book seven.  She has made her millions and may do whatever she wants.
723168
YES! I love Harry Potter! I have seen all the movies (so far) and I am in the middle of the 6th book now! J.K. Rowling is my favorite author!!! She is so amazing!!! The actors/actresses in the movies all fit there parts well! I can't wait for the next movie/book!
412139
I read that the Harry Potter books began when the author, working as a waitress I believe it was, began writing down on napkins and scraps, things she thought of during the day to add to the ongoing bedtime story for her kids. People seeing and reading them began encouraging her to put it all together into books that all of us could enjoy. So, if Little Red Riding Hood is occultic, and the Seven Dwarves, and the Three Little Pigs, then yes it's occultic. :-)\nThey were begun and written as entertaining, humorous bedtime stories, that like other bedtime stories, sometimes have a moral to them.
1155352
I type my opinion on this at least once a week.\n\nHarry Potter is children's (and some adults--like me!) FICTION!!!!!  It is a made-up, fun story.  It is about a male witch, but it is NOT witchcraft!  Some of the characters (made up--fictional---remember this part) are witches who are GOOD and some are BAD--------classic battles of good and evil.  Ohmigosh, is Superman witchcraft??  He Can fly!  Is Wonder Woman witchcraft?  She flies an invisible plane!  Is Batman...........oh, you get the picture.\n\nStop being such a fraidy-cat, and enjoy the books.
853911
No.  You're a medium.  Being a medium has nothing to do with witchcraft.\n\nAnd even if it did, there's nothing wrong with being a witch.  We're actually really nice people.\n\nBlessed be!\n)O(
152525
Of course...I LOVE them!! The magic, the adventure, the mystery..everything.. is just so incredible!! I read all the books..they r just too good..There's no one else who can write Harry Potter better than J.K.Rowling!! She's just awesome..\nI always like to read the book before the movie of that part is released bcuz i like imagining the various things (i.e. how they will look like in the movie)..and then when the movie releases..i enjoy comparing my imagination with the director's interpretation of the book..\nI would say..Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the 'more' best out of the other fabulous part of Harry Potter..
271765
It depends on the content.  I think that most TV and movies don't bother to research anything, they just make it all up.  Which doesn't make for a very positive or accurate view of witchcraft or Wicca.  The exception would be Harry Potter.  Although, there are many fictional fantasy elements to Harry Potter.  Rowling did bother to do alot of research on ancient customs and Witchcraft culture.  For example, the three main characters, Harry, Hermione and Ron all have wands pertaining to their Celtic tree month.  \n\nThis is but one example.  The Magickal Creatures are also many times portrayed accurately.  She is also known to use references to other Mythologies.  For example the band. The Weird Sisters, is another name for The Fates of Greek Mythology.
656501
Yes, but not in the way that most people think it works.  The art of spell craft is really about enacting psychological prompts in people.  It's not about pouring a bunch of funky herbs into a pouch and bright lights from the sky and weird chants.  It's about symbolism and the reclaiming of personal power through intentional acts.  To cast a spell is to set something in motion, and people of all sorts do this all the time.  When a preacher delivers a sermon against the evils of drinking or gambling is casting a spell.  When an author writes a book to be sold around the world he is crafting something with intention.  When you choose to change a bad habit because you know it's better for you, you are performing a magical act.\n\nSo, yes.  Witchcraft really works, especially if you know what it really means.
620091
The imagination it took to bring things to life either in your head for the book or the scenes for the movie.  The story is great but thats not what made it successful.  The characters and effects used are so original.  You never know whats coming next.  I think the main thing that made it successful was that adults enjoy Harry Potter as much as children.  Its easier to get mom to buy you the book or take you to the movies if she is just as exicted to go.
99778
i think it does have its good impact on kids. unless it clashes with your religion.\nhowever, i think that since harry potter is a world- favourite book, many wold rush to read the book. this induces kids to be attracted to reading. helping them step out a step to the world of reading.\nthe only thing is that as harry and his friends get older, the books seems to be "darker". parents may disapprove  their kids of reading it as there's a bit of eerie things going on.
293137
It is just so imaginative and it makes you feel as if there REALLY is a school named Hogwarts and magical creatures, people, and plants!!! J.K. Rowling is a great author that puts the reader into the story! Readers can relate to the charaters in them even though they are from 2 seperate worlds! It is just a great fantasy series that makes you feel like it is real not just a fantasy! It is so hard to explain why I like them but I gave it a shot!!!
617004
Have you ever read a book or watched a show and wished the writers would make something different happen in the storyline?  It doesn't mean that you don't like what DOES happen in the real storyline, but that another way would be cool too.  That is what fan fiction is all about.  If you write fan fiction you can make things happen that would never happen.  It's not all about sex but it is often non-cannon.  \n\nIt's also a way for a movie or book to live on.  Take Harry Potter for instance.  There is one more book left.  After that the Potterphiles will be done (especially once all the tie-in movies have been made)  Fan fiction is a way to tell stories with great characters beyond the imagination of just the writer.  People will continue to write Potter fan fiction way beyond the publishing of the last book.  It just means there are more stories to tell.  \n\nNot all of it is good, but I have read some fan fiction written by teenagers who have very well developed writing styles.  Writing fan fiction hones the creative and written talents of these kids.  It certainly can't hurt! :)\n\nHope this gives you some kind of explanation.
1116114
Yeah i totally agree. I mean what the heck the Harry potter series is my fav and i don't see any thing in it that could be unacceptable to any religion. ok there is witchcraft but isnt it really evident that the books are fiction and the main theme of the books is Harry Vs. voldemort more precisely Good vs evil...They are just creating a scene for the heck of it
687910
Yes!!!  it would be awesome!!  I love that place.  I wish it really existed and I was a witch.\nI would be on the good side.  \nI would like to learn to change things.  Like animals and also I would like to be able to point my wand and say, Repairo and whatever was broken would fix its self.  I would also like to the the transfiguration trick.  That would be great.  I would like to find that invisible cloak too.