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Reader NiteOwl tried to post this in the comments, but the spam bot ate it. As reported below, Waterstones wants Rowling to keep writing Harry stories and starts their petition off by calling Harry original. So here it is in all it’s glory: Harry Potter, the most original story ever told. Cue rolling credits. Funny funny shit.
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July 11th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Oh, come on now. The paradigm of the hero’s journey is familiar from hundreds of tales. It’s more likely Rowling read Joseph Campbell than that she copied Star Wars.
July 11th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
True, JK Rowling is most likely not copying Star Wars. But the parody does illustrate that Harry, by following the hero’s journey, falls short of the statement : “there has never, ever been a character like Harry Potter”.
July 11th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
May Joseph Campbell never again be used as an excuse for lazy orphan-makes-good plots. This is my fervent wish.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Has orphan Annie taught you nothing Dr. Slack? Orphans always win.