Potter unfortunatly was probably more succesfull because kids could associate with him more, and grow with him. Potter starts out the outcast, goes to a big school is bullied ( well they try anyway). he breaks rules but gains respect from his peers ie teachers, never mind flying on a broom having a pet owl and flying cars. Just not as easy to associate with a dragon or Thomas. With being a prisoner and slave yes kids can read of slavery but in our modern life it just does not give the direct input that risking discapline from your teachers does. Kids might fantasice of having a pet dragon or even flying to other worlds but reality hits home nobody alive has travelled to another planet only to the moon, dragons well does anyone know one who has one as a pet other than the bearded type more akin to Fantus than some giant monster able to carry you were ever you want to go, yet people do have owls as pets. And to top it all Pug grows up quickly and is then an adult again distant from kids and their own reality, and potter brings back childhood memories for many grown ups many who will have read the books either to their children or sneeking a few pages when the kids were not watching to see what the fusss was about.
Jimmy the hand is for me the closest character to potter and is also one of the most interesting characters created by Ray, you get to follow him growing up more and this gives added depth to his character IMHO. On 20 December 2011 18:21, Timothy Sikora <[email protected]> wrote: > Besides, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. ;) > > > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Raymond E. Feist > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> On Dec 20, 2011, at 5:03 AM, parch antisko wrote: >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > I remember Ray, you were pondering why Rowling's Potter is much more >> > successful than Magician. I think I have found a possible answer while >> > reading Carl Gustav Jung's Psychology of the unconscious. He is >> > writing: >> > >> > "Faust has need of the phallic magic wand (in the magic strength of >> > which he has at first no confidence), in order to perform the greatest >> > of wonders, namely, the creation of Paris and Helen." >> > >> > H.Potter is using a fallic symbol, it focuses the libido and is a >> > hidden symbol for young people who are attracted to it through this. >> > Suble sexuality is also in the Meyer's New Moon book which she >> > admitted in the interview I heard in the radio and she knew it will >> > attrack young girls to read. >> > >> > Maybe it is total crap but I had to say it :) >> > >> > P >> > >> >> >> Ah, you have me confused with another writer. I know exactly why Potter >> is more popular than Pug. More people wanted to read about him. >> >> Jo Rowling did a brilliant job of writing something kids and parents >> wanted to read together. And it was contemporary, and it was charming. >> >> Best, R.E.F. >> ---- >> www.crydee.com >> >> Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by >> stupidity. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Interested in improving your health? Visit our websites! > http://www.sustainablywell.com/ > http://www.goodherbs.com/sustainablywell/ > http://www.northamericanpharmacal.com/affiliates/sgsikora.php > >
