| Re: Brits cancel satanic Harry Potter Day [message #92994] |
Mi, 27 Juli 2005 08:43 |
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Arindam Banerjee wrote:
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> Why do you think Rowling is better?
Well, I don't! Baum clearly outshines her here.
> From that one para, I find her
> unreadable as she is rather peculiar with her usage of words. The
> first line is long and tedious. What is the importance of Tuesday?
> Why should there be anything in the cloudy sky to suggest mysterious
> things happening all over the country? Do people hum as they chose
> their most boring tie for work? Is the character of Dursley suited for
> humming? Can a woman gossip away happily while wrestling a screaming
> infant into his high chair? Who is she wrestling with?
To suggest these questions is to imply that the paragraph is frought
with a tension that I do not feel. To me, Rowling is merely piling on.
The Dursley's are one-dimensional villains, and we are never invited
to sympathize with them in any way, in marked contrast to the tragedy
of Aunt Em that Baum so poignantly and succinctly evokes.
Lew Mammel, Jr.
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