All of the Harry Potter books have made me cry. I'm sure that most HP readers think the Dursleys' abuse, and the longing for parents he will never see, are exaggerated. They aren't. Losing a parent forever, and being reviled and mistreated by the other, Harry's longing for his mom & dad, and his courageous tolerance of the Dursleys, those are all things that I know about. That's why I love the HP books. Not because Harry is the greatest wizard ever. But because it's an escapism, makes me wish that I'd had a Hogwarts to run away to when my father became unbearable.
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Date: 2003-01-22 07:42 pm (UTC)