Blogging Around

To Anna's connection:
Well here's my comment, regarding both this blog post and responding to Jordyn's. Though they talk little about Bella's childhood, they do talk a lot about Sirius', and since they come from the same family you can see how they are much the same. Anna, I think you're absolutely right, and the little we know about both Assef and Bella's childhoods illustrate your point well. You said, "Assef grew up in a country where fighting had been a way of life for centuries and Bellatrix lives in a fictional world where the limits of one‘s imagination are tested." and I agree, but even if you think of Bella as a real person, she really has grown up in a society where fighting and fear was absolutely normal. Voldemort's army simply terrorized the wizarding world and everyone is afraid...even to simply say his name. They actually had remarkably similar upbringings, except for Jordyn's already stated point of Assef dominating his parents and Bella simply being taught by hers.

ps. I love you for making a connection to HP.

To Katie's It Matters:
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE.
Though I must say, I have read/watched most of the things you rag on, I completely agree. At the moment, I am finding time between homework and everything else to read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Why? Because I want to. I have so many friends who commonly say "I don't read." or "That's too many pages, it'll take me forever." What they don't know is that the power of words is MUCH more than what a director can pour into your mind in 2 hours. When you read a book you get to know the characters, and there are many times when I'll find myself trying to think of something a particular friend did or said and realize that I'm thinking of an event in a novel. Reading is such an integral part of life for me, my mom and I did the same thing as you and your mom. I can't imagine my life without the books I hold so dear. Plus, where would movies be if they hadn't come from books first? I don't know of any movie that can do more than what a book can, or that can bring you more joy. I simply don't understand why people don't find joy in reading...maybe they just haven't found the right book yet.