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| This book is structured to handle several different levels of readers of the Harry Potter series. Therefore, the book has several pages available that detail suggested reading guides for specific reading levels: | This book is structured to handle several different levels of readers of the Harry Potter series. Therefore, the book has several pages available that detail suggested reading guides for specific reading levels: | ||
| − | *[[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Introduction/Beginner|Beginner]] - Readers who are new to the Harry Potter series in general. This page should be used by readers who have only read all of the Harry Potter books or are just interested in a long description of the storyline and biographical information. | + | *[[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Introduction/Beginner|Beginner]] - Readers who are new to the Harry Potter series in general. This page should be used by readers who have read only a small amount of the Harry Potter books or are just interested in a general overview of the storyline and biographical information. |
| − | *[[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Introduction/Intermediate|Intermediate]] - Readers who have read none of the Harry Potter series and aren't familiar with any of the principal characters or places. brief documents for characters, places, and events and small summaries of the books. | + | *[[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Introduction/Intermediate|Intermediate]] - Readers who have read most of the Harry Potter series and are familiar with many of the principal characters and places. Analysis for characters, places, and events and detailed summaries of the books. |
| − | *[[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Introduction/Advanced|Advanced]] - Readers who have read none of the series and are looking to develop basic knowledge of the books' content and realize the general story. A slight step down from the intermediate level, only a few topics in the book are covered, providing a simple view of the series. | + | *[[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Introduction/Advanced|Advanced]] - Readers who have read the entire series and are looking to develop detailed knowledge of the books' content and realize the greater picture. A slight step up from the intermediate level, almost every topic in the book is covered, providing a comprehensive view of the series. |
| − | For those who don't want to avoid spoilers, we add this caution. Particularly on the Character pages, and to a lesser extent the Magic pages, there are sections where analysis requires that we cover things that the reader may not have yet have seen. In particular, several characters are suddenly seen in a new light in the last two books. In as much as it is possible, we mark sections where these appear with the name of the book or chapter to which they apply. In a character Analysis section, therefore, there might be a heading "''Deathly Hallows''"; this is an indication that the following section should be avoided until you have read ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'', to avoid spoilers. | + | All text is available to anyone who wants to read it; we do not "turn off" text if you are not at the proper level. Also, the level warnings mark an end to specific levels: beginners who do not want their reading experience spoiled by having plot points prematurely revealed should only read up to the "Beginner warning" or "Spoiler warning" tag. Intermediate readers similarly should read only up to the "Intermediate warning" tag. Advanced readers presumably have already read the entire series, and are fully knowledgeable about what happens in each novel, so their enjoyment in reading the series is undamaged by anything in this book. Thus, there is no tag for Advanced readers, as there is no place where they should stop reading. |
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| + | For those who want to avoid spoilers, we add this caution. Particularly on the Character pages, and to a lesser extent the Magic pages, there are sections where analysis requires that we cover things that the reader may not have yet have seen. In particular, several characters are suddenly seen in a new light in the last two books. In as much as it is possible, we mark sections where these appear with the name of the book or chapter to which they apply. In a character Analysis section, therefore, there might be a heading "''Deathly Hallows''"; this is an indication that the following section should be avoided until you have read ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'', to avoid spoilers. | ||
| This book is a study guide meant to accompany the reading of the Harry Potter series in a course context; it is not meant to replace the books. This book does not contain the full text of the series; to include the full text of the series in that manner would be violation of copyright. We strongly recommend that if you do not already own a copy of the Harry Potter series, a very good place to start, even before looking any further at this Guide, is to obtain copies of the seven books in the series. | This book is a study guide meant to accompany the reading of the Harry Potter series in a course context; it is not meant to replace the books. This book does not contain the full text of the series; to include the full text of the series in that manner would be violation of copyright. We strongly recommend that if you do not already own a copy of the Harry Potter series, a very good place to start, even before looking any further at this Guide, is to obtain copies of the seven books in the series. |