Some people think that the Harry Potter series is just a collection of silly children's stories, I know trying to get my mom to read it was like pulling teeth, and now she's more obsessed than I am. However, I think that Harry Potter appeals to a large audience because even though its reading level isn't exactly difficult, there are definitely things that adults and children can get out of them. When I started reading Harry Potter in third grade, I didn't pick up on all of the things that J.K. Rowling slipped in the stories, all I knew was that I liked reading these books better than The Babysitters Club, and it opened up a whole new genre to me. I read the first four books at least four times that year. As I got older, and reread the series every time a new book came out, I got something new from them. I know we all hated English class because the teachers beat the idea of symbols and themes into us so many times that it actually became ridiculous, but if we had studied Harry Potter, instead of The Grapes of Wrath, maybe class wouldn't have been such a drag. There are so many themes and messages in the series that if you took the time to sit down and think about it, you would be pulling things out of every book in no time. Before I start telling you some of them, I challenge those of you that have read them to think about it, what do you see, what themes, symbols, or motifs did J.K. Rowling slip into a couple of stories that help make them so remarkable? And for everyone that hasn't read the books, get on it!