The World is flat!
    Well, I know 你 问题 my sanity, now. Obviously, the world is round and that’s a proven fact, from the moment Galileo stepped out of his ship. And now, there’s a 问题 again. Is the World really round? I hate that word, really. The word which gives rise to a lot of 问题 and seeks for explanations.
    ‘Imagination is 更多 important than knowledge,’ 说 a wise man once. And, it’s true. Well, 你 need not be aware of the complications of four-dimensional 太空 fabric to accept this theory. What all 你 need to know is the record made 由 two international best-selling 图书 of this century and the mounds of money the authors made from these books.
    You can guess the books. The first is the Harry Potter series written 由 the most loving 作者 of all time – J. K. Rowling. We all know the inexplicable effort she took for the publication of her very first novel which was later proved to be one of the stunning 图书 of the century. “Harry Potter is the creation of genius,” 说 one of the leading magazines of Great Britain. And, 你 bet it is.
    Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone was published in 1997 and hit the international-bestselling status in a short period of time. The 下一个 parts of the series were unraveled one after another until every American child’s mind was blacked out 由 Harry. Nearly all the teen-agers were enthralled 由 the beautiful zigzag flow of the action-packed adventure of Harry Potter. Now, the guy who says, ‘the world is flat’ and the guy who says, ‘I don’t like HP’ are looked upon the same.
    Do 你 see a child 或者 a teen-ager is 表演 weirdly? Does he have feathers at the back of his pen? Does he say ‘Lumos’ whenever he’s in dark? Does he have a 密码 for his room and makes 你 say that before 你 enter? These are the symptoms of a common-form of disease called Harry-O-Mania. Well, nothing to worry, until 你 read Harry Potter yourself and 加入 him in his world of Wizards.
    The 秒 is the Twilight saga written 由 Stephanie Meyer. The 图书 also made the record and one of the leading news-papers said, “Move over, Harry Potter.” It wasn’t until then that the chaos reigned. Ever since the start of the literature, people usually compare books. Narnia and The Lord of the Rings were compared and criticized although Lewis and Tolkien were best-friends.
    And today, it’s Harry Potter vs. Twilight. A lot of American high-schools have teams named after these two 图书 and the reports tell that they fight with each other often.
    Now, we really should know what’s happening. Twilight portrays the 爱情 of a teen-age girl for a boy who later turned out to be vampire. Now, the V-word should be scared of. On the contrary, after the publication of this book, people – especially girls – started to 爱情 it.
    What’s the 来源 of the uncountable money made 由 these two books? Imagination. Solely, imagination. ‘Imagine, this is an unimaginable situation.’ A boy living in the world of wizards? A girl living with 吸血鬼 and were-wolves? What are these two called? A grown-up man would say all these as insane theories. But, I must confess, that there’ve been moments when I’ve yearned to be in the company of Ron and Hermione fighting bravely against Lord Voldemort.
    The 幻想 of Harry Potter is hard to explain. The spells, the castles, ad the countless other heart-binding theories are the reasons HP has been successful. The plots are absolutely phenomenal. 你 will not know it, until 你 read the book.
    When that versus word comes, I’m sorry to confess that Harry Potter is better than Twilight. The reason is very simple. Values. Both the 图书 give beautiful explanations for true love. Twilight has this basis: without you, I’m a dull Zombie. But, Harry Potter has rich values which rely on the incredible power of love. We all have seen Bella and Edward attempting to suicide. That quality which says, “Dying for love.” I do not know where Meyer is taking the teens with this. But, Rowling has portrayed another quality. “Living for Love.” The perfect example here is Severus Snape. Snape became a better man for his 爱情 for Lily, even after her death.
    That phenomenal power of 爱情 which destroys the darkest of forces has been perfectly annotated in Harry Potter. ‘Harry’s undeniable weapon is 爱情 – just love,’ says Dumbledore.
    However, these 图书 have made it! And the World is now fast changing. A transition of imagination from reality.
    And now, what if the world really is flat? Really?