Comments on: How Rowling killed Harry http://www.randity.com/blog/2009/06/how-rowling-killed-harry/ tips, tricks and random musings Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:32:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rahul Pisharody http://www.randity.com/blog/2009/06/how-rowling-killed-harry/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Rahul Pisharody Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:40:56 +0000 http://www.randity.com/blog/?p=93#comment-66 Thank you Neel. I agree with you there. Apart from Galadriel in the Lord of the Rings, no other female characters stand out. Whereas in Harry Potter, they share equal fame and adventure. Thanks for the tip. Thank you Neel. I agree with you there. Apart from Galadriel in the Lord of the Rings, no other female characters stand out. Whereas in Harry Potter, they share equal fame and adventure.
Thanks for the tip.

]]> By: Neel http://www.randity.com/blog/2009/06/how-rowling-killed-harry/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Neel Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:37:18 +0000 http://www.randity.com/blog/?p=93#comment-65 Rowling is a good writer. Not a great one. As far as the plagiarism charges go, I'd say she has copied a lot from Tolkien. I doubt kids will be reading JK Rowling the same way that the world reads Tolkien decades after his death. But one thing she (and many others incl the Wheel of Time series) has improved is the importance of female characters. Tolkien's world was almost fully male and all female characters had only passing mentions and shallow roles to play. Rowling is a good writer. Not a great one. As far as the plagiarism charges go, I’d say she has copied a lot from Tolkien. I doubt kids will be reading JK Rowling the same way that the world reads Tolkien decades after his death.

But one thing she (and many others incl the Wheel of Time series) has improved is the importance of female characters. Tolkien’s world was almost fully male and all female characters had only passing mentions and shallow roles to play.

]]> By: yankydude http://www.randity.com/blog/2009/06/how-rowling-killed-harry/comment-page-1/#comment-13 yankydude Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:39:45 +0000 http://www.randity.com/blog/?p=93#comment-13 i 222222 agree :) i 222222 agree :)

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