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Harry Potter and Children's Literature
I learned as a teacher many years ago the importance of shared experiences for children to connect to each other and the world. While teaching English-as-a-second language to Japanese, Korean, Cambodian, and Mexican students, I found that there was a need for them to understand more than just words; the common knowledge of our fairy tales, old ...
Posted to The Book Club by ktd on July 26, 2007
The Horcruxes: In what order were they made and who died to create them?
A question that has been raised by Fraysters is, when did Lord Voldemort make his Horcruxes? Personally, I feel that what is important is not so much the order in which the Horcruxes were created, but who did Voldemort kill to make them? In fact, before going on we need to consider exactly how a Horcrux is made. What we know is that pieces of ...
Posted to The Book Club by Cyrano on July 25, 2007
Harry Potter Book Seven: the Series Finale
Rowling was definitely laboring under the problem first voiced by Ricky Nelson In Garden Party: ''Well, it's all right now; I've learned my lesson well; If you can't please everyone; You've got to please yourself.'' There are so many schools of thought about the books and the characters that she wrote it the way she wanted to. She chose to ...
Posted to The Book Club by Cyrano on July 23, 2007