Why Harry Potter is better
than Twilight
1.
Harry Potter and Twilight influence their fans
in different ways. For example, Potterheads take care in what their decisions
are, rather than what I’ve noticed in Twihards, who base decisions on materialistic
needs. You can see that HP Fans read all sorts of other books, as long as they
are interesting, creative, and original. Twilight Fans, to me, just seem to
choose their books based on how attractive the characters are.
2.
Harry Potter can appeal to a wide variety of
audiences. While Twilight is mainly read by teenagers, Harry Potter can be read
by little kids, teenagers, and adults.
Each time you read it, you get a better perception of the book, you understand
it better, and it stops just being a story-
you can apply lessons taught in the book to your day to day life. However, Twilight remains the same,
overemotional love story.
3.
The Harry Potter characters experience a wide
variety of emotions. Some of them are good, and some of them are not. The
Twilight characters only feel love and confusion.
4.
Harry Potter is not concentrated on a love
triangle. HP Fans don’t care whether Hermione will ‘get’ Harry or Ron, because
that’s not the point of the story.
5.
There is a well thought out plot in Harry
Potter. The characters in Harry Potter
are complex, and have a set a morals that would like to follow, but, like many
people, they don’t always succeed in doing so. The fact that the characters are
unpredictable leads to excitement and suspense, rather than boredom.
6.
Fans of Harry Potter tend to be more politically
active and are usually opposed to torture, because these are things that they
have experienced through the books. As far as I can see, Twilight fans tend to
be more materialistic, and will most likely choose a partner based on their
physical attractiveness, rather than their personality.
7.
JKR teaches the readers of Harry Potter to
appreciate linguistics. She incorporates Latin and French into her book, as
well as clever details for the readers to find. For example, ‘Voldemort’ means “flight
from death”.
8.
Harry Potter has inspiring female role models.
The only argument for Bella that I can find is that she ‘can teach people to
hold on to friendships’ and ‘keep their secrets.’ Characters like Hermione,
Ginny, and Luna suffer from very real emotional struggles apart from being separated
from their love (that too). They teach girls to be smart, be cool, and be
yourself, without worrying what society thinks of you. The best part is that
all these girls are very girly. Usually, when you see a ‘female rebel,’ they
have adopted some sorts of masculinity. The girls in Harry Potter are not like
that, yet they are very good role models.
9.
JK Rowling herself is an inspirational icon.
First of all, she showed that a rags – to – riches story is possible. She went
from being homeless to a billionaire. But she also demonstrates perseverance. ‘Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ was rejected nearly sixteen times before being
published. Lastly, after being the first person to acquire more than a million
dollars from writing books, she donated so much money to charity that she lost
her billionaire ‘status’. What did Stephanie Meyer do again?
10.
Lastly, this is what I’ve noticed. Harry Potter
fans tend to be much, much smarter than Twilight fans. And no, I’m not just
saying this because I’m a Potterhead. I have evidence. Every single ‘Why
Twilight is Better than Harry Potter’ I’ve come across is filled with rubbish
from people who haven’t read the books, accusing JKR of ‘stealing’ the surname
Black from Stephanie Meyer, blatantly disregarding
the fact that Harry Potter was published years before Twilight. They say that ‘I
didn’t even know who the author of Harry Potter was until five minutes ago so
she can’t be that famous.’ Every single post I’ve come across is poorly written
by people with screenames like ‘CullenBabe1202’ and ‘teamJac0B4EVA!’
Conclusion: If you can’t judge a book by its
cover, judge a book by the people who read it. Harry Potter is clearly a win.
