I'll be the first to admit that this is my first time through the series. Ordinarily this wouldn't be quite as odd, however, one would not think that I had never read the series seeing how I've founded the Quidditch team here on campus my freshman year. I then went on to form an international non-profit that governs Quidditch teams throughout the world.
Perhaps the irony is setting in, yet, I am glad I can use this class as an excuse to finally get through them.
This week I was trying to finish the 4th book, "The Goblet of Fire" and I have become pleasantly surprised how much they left out in the movie. I get a chance to live the tale of Harry with a new look.
Jo did a wonderful job capturing his nervousness leading up to the trials he faces being the schools champion that the movies never captured. Although, based on my experience with the movies, after the 4th movie I started to resent Jo a little bit as an artist. Her path of self discovery is an endearing tale, yet leaves little room for introspection when she spends the first 4 books created a wonderful universe, and then spends the last books destroying it. True, it is just part of the heroes journey, but it also rubbed me the wrong way a bit, as if she was cashing out. Granted, there had to be peace in the books and movies for her to gain an understanding and finally close a chapter in her life and move on, but what if it was a tragedy? Would my/ the worlds perception of the tale change?
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