HP: July 16, 2005

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I have to put in my two cents on this.. </p>

<p>First of all, since when does reading have to be overly mentally stimulating? I personally love reading HP because it doesn't require a huge amount of analysis or concentration, you can just mindlessly go through it and get be absorbed by the story at the same time.</p>

<p>For my senior year english research paper, I did the Harry Potter series. We had to analyze it's genre, it's social significance, and do a critical analysis.. you'd be suprised on how much depth there really is in those books.. paper came out to 12 pages by the way and I got an A</p>

<p>I guess the main point of this post is don't get hung up on the books you or someone else reads.. when you get to penn you're going to be confonted with a million different opinions, views, interests and ideas. If you act superior to everyone else and only consider your views as correct, you're going to allienate a lot of people. You don't have to like HP, but respect those who do.</p>

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<p>Thanks for that Jerry Springer final thought moment there.</p>

<p>Ive alienated people my whole life; Im not about to stop now because youre telling me to...</p>

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<p>Harry Potter is awesome; I'm counting down the days until July 16. I can't stand it when people rag on Harry Potter because it doesn't have "literary merit" or for some other snobbish reason. J.K. Rowling is a literary genius - you have to be in order to have your stories touch millions of readers worldwide, and become a billionaire in the process. I hate prestige whores who think they're superior to everyone (that you find at say, Harvard). I like to think that I am accepting of other people's views... except those of Bush supporters.</p>