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( Follow me into madness )

Am I gonna rant?

Yep, I think so. Though maybe just a mini one....

About what? These two morons: Emma Macdonald and Joel Stein.

Emma: Some of my friends have read them only to themselves, saying the recent big ones are too long to read to their children. Isn't this a bit ludicrous, since the first book states it is aimed at "9-11 ages"? ... Children notice she's been writing the recent ones not for 9- to 11-year-olds, but those 15+ who are Harry's "present" age. Is Rowling ignoring her original target-age group by making Harry a stereotypical teenager in a series that's now more a sci-fi thriller unsuitable for children?

Hello!? You just answered your own question. The target-age is not static in this series; it shifts as HP grows, and the world around him changes. It changes as the original fan base of HP grows. Little kids just starting to read HP won't start with book 6, but with book 1. Stereotypical teenager? So what else is he supposed to be? Still acting like a 11yo when he's 15, almost a man, but still a teenager. A young man dealing with hormones & new feelings on top of having a family who locks you up, a godfather you can hardly see, a professor who literally hates you, and the central villian breaking into your mind every night. And is it unsuitable for children to learn about war, racism, prejugdice and bigotry, in a safe, non visually violent manner? If HP is unsuitable for kids, then make sure your kids don't watch Looney Tunes, play any video games, watch the news or go to school.

JoelI don't want you to tell me how well J.K. Rowling writes, or that academics are writing papers about it, or that Harry Potter can be read on many levels. "Clifford the Big Red Dog" can be read on many levels too: One, he's a big red dog; two, if you read it after you're 4, you're a moron.
I read 50 pages of the first "Harry Potter" book, and it seemed witty, imaginative and fast-paced. It also seemed like it was for children. It's about wizards and magic cats and evil stepparents, and has a reading-level that is only slightly above this column.

So obviously, your grasp of under the current themes is non-existent. Because Clifford, fun as he might be, doesn't have the undercurrents themes of racism, classism, hate, prejudice, bigotry, and the social effects of wars in a community, amongst many other themes.

So, Joel... if you want to read Ulysses 'cause there isn't any line to buy it, make sure you pick up the Oddysey... because that Ulysses book you're apparently thinking off, is called The Oddysey... or didn't you know that? And pick up The Illiad, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Lord of the Rings, The House of Spirits, Don Quixote, Poe's works, Shakeaspere's works, and about... oh... all your local library, and you'll catch up to us HP fans.... and you'll still be lacking.

Go take a refresher course of Literature. The ones that discuss themes. You'll understand what all the fuss is about.