Children and adults have been arrested by the saga of the boy wizard, Harry Potter, the boy who's made them laugh, made them cry, held their breaths in nail-biting and litmus-testing situations.
It's thus no surprise that J.K.Rowling, the creator of the boy who lives in the hearts of zillions of readers across the world, has attained star-status, though I'd support all those critics who opine that she deserves more of the acclaim stuff.
J.K.Rowling was a broke single mother as poor as possible in modern Britain without being homeless. She had studied something practical suppressing her dreams of becoming a writer. It was in a train in Portugal when she was struck with the idea of the boy wizard. And in a couple of years the idea became a book and then a series and now it's a legend. Why would anyone feel she doesn't deserve the acclaim she's received.
Many factors contribute to the success of a writer. It's hard to make it big as a fiction writer, primarily because the story-telling ability is rare. It's the ability to capture people's attention and arouse in them the curiosity to find out what happens in the end. J.K.Rowling is abundantly blessed with that ability. It becomes even more obvious when a critic or a pundit contemplates the background and sub-theme she's chosen. Story-telling ability encompasses the ability to get people to believe every element of the story no matter how impossible the existence of the element may be in the real world. This means fiction writers need to cross the barriers of suspicion and incredibility to become successful. J.K.Rowling's world of wizards and witches when spoken of plainly seems utterly boring fantasy. However, every reader of the books found the theme anything but fetid fantasy. While reading it, the world seemed to be an existent one. Images reeled in the readers' minds as though they were ploughing through real-life situations in the real world rather than made-up tales in books. They felt every emotion every character experienced in the stories. The books had traversed fantasy.
Compare it with other fiction centering on magicians and gnomes and goblins. Fairy tales, you may say. And I'd readily agree. For such books have only children captivated. But Harry Potter has captivated even octogenarians, who are way past their fairy-tale age. This is testimony to Rowling's story-telling ability. Though her books are as much fantasy as any other fairy tale, they have been passed up as fairy tales by the readers, plainly because readers love them. The idolization of Hero Harry by all age groups has made the Harry Potter series family books. Something every member can read and discuss over tea and snacks. The books are some of the few family books that have earned the approval seals as readable by children. They're some of the few books that have made phenomenal success without immorality.
Moreover J.K.Rowling has subtly appealed to the desires of people of all ages-the desire to be a hero, who transcends tragedy and defies evil powers.
Scrutinize the book for creativity and style of putting imagination to words. J.K.Rowling deserves accolades, as her books are resplendent with incontrovertible creativity. They're spiced with humour and wit even through tragic times. Her literary style is one to laud-it is rich yet understandable by even the commoners and non-bookworms. It's descriptive and one many aspirants love to imitate.
Everything studied and considered it becomes acceptable that J.K.Rowling has earned only what she deserves-nothing more, though perhaps less. Needless to mention, her background to her rise to stardom inspires many people to pursue their dreams, especially when dumped in times of failures and misfortune.
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