Pauza Magazine Fall 2005 | Page 5

Special feature: Muggles Simply Mad Over Harry Potter Biographies! be even better with my dear nonmagic mother. 2005 has been a golden year for the Muggle author J.K. Rowling. Her 6th Biography on Harry Potter, The Half-Blood Prince, was released worldwide this summer, and the 4th biopic, Goblet of Fire, has already premiered in Britain and the U.S. It seems that the Muggle world just can’t get enough of the magic! In 1996, Rowling was under fire by the Ministry of Magic for wanting to write books detailing the life of The Boy That Lived. The Ministry was skeptical about the idea, fearing that Muggles weren’t ready to know about the ways of the magical world. However, the author felt that it was the best time to finally alert the nonmagical people about the world beyond theirs. As we all remember, the last years of the 20th century were dangerous indeed, with many well known witches and wizards dying in the Great War. Attacks weren’t just confined to magic folk, no, even innocent muggles became inadvertently involved, an ??I?????)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????q???????t???????()Y=1U5??%MMU??()M??????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????)??????????$?????????)?????????5?????????????????????????????????????)??????????Q?????????????????)???Q??]?????Q???????????)??????????????????????????)????????????????????????)???????????()Q??????????????!????)A???????????A?????????e?)M???????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????)?????????????????????)??????????????????????!?????A??????????????????????!???????U??????????????????)?????????????)$???????????????????????????5??????????????????????)????????????????????$???????????I??????????????????????????????)??????????????????)???)????????????????????????????)?????????%?????????)??????????????5????????????????????????????)5?????????????)???????????????Y????-??)?????????????$??????????)?????????????????????????I??????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????Q????)??????]????]???????????)????5???????????????????)?????M??????5???????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????)????????????????????)????????????????????????)?????????????????????????)???)?????????????????)?????????)?????????????????$??????e?)??????????????????????????????????)????????????????)??????????!????????)$??????????????????)?????'?e??????????1?????????????????????$????)????????????????????)Q?????????????????()A?????((0