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So to have any opinion on HP books one should have read all 2000 pages already written? :confused: Most parents don't have time for this... Furthermore, I think HP shouldn't be read at schools, as it doesn't provide any educational value. What children read at leisure time- it's problem of...

Coehlo's view on happiness is: Maybe Jefferson wouldn't agree, but I do... :)

Like others? Hmmm... :D For example? For me, knowing Snape's past made me understand him and justify his behaviour towards Harry. Furthermore, I lost all sympathy to Sirius and I was not sad about his death. Therefore I found OoP the best of HP book- because everything stops being so black and...

But it means that this quote can be understood in different ways and it doesn't say directly that Snape was in Slytherin. BTW, the scenes with James and Sirius didn't make you justify Snape's behaviour towards Harry.

Strange as it may seem, Polish translation of this quote implies something opposite, that he joined this band, as if he didn't belong there. It's as Idun said- we take it for granted without strong evidence. I did also until I read a comment stating that it could be otherwise. Having looked up...

I think that people of Slyhterin would welcome the opportunity of having a fight with those of Griffindor, even if they didn't like Snape. And when James and Sirius explain their reasons for attacking Snape, there is no such argument that he is from different house, so enemy.

If so, who would Malfoy and who Harry? But it's not like that...Harry and Malfoy belong to two different camps, Snape was alone confronting our sweet friends, he had no support.

I'll quote myself: Each year in every house there are 5 boys and 5 girls. So probably was the fifth boy with James, Sirius, Lupin and Peter. Why didn't they include him in their group? They must have disliked him.

But is it stated directly- "Snape was from Slytherin"? If he was from Gryffindor, it would explain his relationship with James, Sirius and their friends.

Idun, the story "Alchemist" is based on, the legend of man travelling and having treasure in his own house is actually very old. I've heard this legend in many versions, there is even the Polish one, in which he travels from Gdańsk to Prague. IMO, this tale's moral on happiness is that even...

Nice beginning, Abulafia :) Try more... And Polish spelling isn't so difficult. Compared to English, is obvious. For example, in Polish o is always o, in English o in "enough", "go", "to", "Tom" is different sound.

Well, I would have more books: "World apart" by Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski Trilogy by Henryk Sienkiewicz: "With fire and sword", "Deluge", "Pan Michael" (another title "Fire in the steppe") Henryk Sienkiewicz "Teutonic knights"( also translated as "Knights of cross"), "In desert and...

My favourite children's authors: LM.Montgomery- though it would be rather for girls. Astrid Lindgren-all Johanna Spyri- Heidi and Cornelli Edith Nesbitt "In desert and wilderness" by Henryk Sienkiewicz- it's definitely for boys. Erich Kastner

Where on this site is it?

He was born in Berdyczów, which I suppose nowadays is in Ukraine. But then neither Ukraine nor Poland were independent countries. Ukraine was a land, not a country, and Poland were divided between two countries. So it could be said that he was born in Russia, Ukraine and Poland.

I didn't hear about him before reading this text. But do you think that it's significant in any way? I don't know if he's famous in UK.

Was his bed sawed down?

Is "he" a human?

:D I think there's a slight difference between LotR and HP. The first is high quality literature.

Yes. As far as HP films are concerned, I found first two particularly tedious. When I later read the books, I was positively suprised, although of course I don't regard them as high literature. But my favourite was the 5-th.