Here via Hogwarts_today. This sounds like a very interesting project!
Name: Adel Sial Country of Residence: USA Age: Now, 19, then 13 How was it like growing up with the books?: These books changed the way I grew up, met and interacted with friends, the way found interests, and even what my passions and dreams are for my life. I started to read the books from a recommendation from my oldest friend, when we weren't that close anymore. It was right before I went to a new school, where I knew close to nobody. This was in 1999, and in my school Potter was just getting to be popular. I made and connected with friends who I am still close with through reading the books and theories about the next one. We still plan and plot today. Through Harry Potter, my friends and I began sharing and discussing hundreds of other books with each other.
Through these friends, I also found fandom, where I learned that kids my age could and were writing. It was mind-opening to know that I could write too. I learned my passion for story telling, which today impacts my career and future choices.
When I was 14, I started to read the books to my younger brother, then 8. In the years it has taken us to get through the series, my brother has gone from having little interest in reading to loving fantasy books such as Eragon and Lord of the Rings. Harry Potter connects my brother and I like very little does, considering our personalities and the age gap between us. We laugh, joke, and read together, now.
Harry Potter, through both direct and indirect means, has made, changed and strengthened bonds between friends and family for me and helped me figure out my passions in life. For a "kids book," these books have done an aweful lot of things for me as a "grown up," if I can be called that yet. I grew up with Harry, found friends with Harry, and laughed and cried with him. A world with out him to look forward to will be a new one indeed.
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Date: 2007-03-30 03:08 am (UTC)Name: Adel Sial
Country of Residence: USA
Age: Now, 19, then 13
How was it like growing up with the books?:
These books changed the way I grew up, met and interacted with friends, the way found interests, and even what my passions and dreams are for my life. I started to read the books from a recommendation from my oldest friend, when we weren't that close anymore. It was right before I went to a new school, where I knew close to nobody. This was in 1999, and in my school Potter was just getting to be popular. I made and connected with friends who I am still close with through reading the books and theories about the next one. We still plan and plot today. Through Harry Potter, my friends and I began sharing and discussing hundreds of other books with each other.
Through these friends, I also found fandom, where I learned that kids my age could and were writing. It was mind-opening to know that I could write too. I learned my passion for story telling, which today impacts my career and future choices.
When I was 14, I started to read the books to my younger brother, then 8. In the years it has taken us to get through the series, my brother has gone from having little interest in reading to loving fantasy books such as Eragon and Lord of the Rings. Harry Potter connects my brother and I like very little does, considering our personalities and the age gap between us. We laugh, joke, and read together, now.
Harry Potter, through both direct and indirect means, has made, changed and strengthened bonds between friends and family for me and helped me figure out my passions in life. For a "kids book," these books have done an aweful lot of things for me as a "grown up," if I can be called that yet. I grew up with Harry, found friends with Harry, and laughed and cried with him. A world with out him to look forward to will be a new one indeed.