"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is going to be re-launched
On March 19th, Warner officially announced that the first "Harry Potter and the Magic Stone" of the "Harry Potter" series of movies will be re-run on a large scale in mainland China.
Although no specific date has been set, upon hearing this news, the "witches" who were trapped in the Muggle world due to the epidemic were excited:
"Hurry up and prepare for the Hogwarts school uniform and have a party together!"
"Hope not in summer, otherwise it will be too hot to wear a robe ..."
"Watch out for Death Eaters!"
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These words can only be understood by Ha Mi. The expectation of the rerun is also the only one that Ha Mi understands the most.
"Harry Potter" has been attracting a large number of enthusiasts all over the world for more than two decades. Some people are puzzled: why can a fictional work, a virtual world be recognized by so many people?
It starts with people's desire for social connection.
In fact, relying on the collective and connecting with people is the instinct of mankind. Psychologist Maslow believes that in people ’s various needs-such as food and other physiological needs, security needs, love and belonging needs, self-esteem needs, self-realization needs, etc., love and belonging Demand is one of the most basic needs of people.
This desire for collective ties makes people often willing to join small groups and small circles, and it is also easy to assimilate collective identity and make collective identity (even if they haven't done it before), showing collective identity. Attitude (even if your previous attitude was not the case). This phenomenon happens all the time in life: there will be fellow clubs in the university, there will be interested groups in the company, and people who play games will also form alliances.
People may even assimilate a group that they did not belong to, or a group that is not "real," just to obtain this sense of connection. When we read a story online, we unconsciously substitute ourselves into the role of the story.
That's right! Although the magic world constructed by "Harry Potter" is not as physical as universities and companies, psychologists have found that just reading the story of "Harry Potter" can give people a sense of substitution, let The reader also feels that he has become a member of the magic world, which is called the "narrative collective assimilation hypothesis".
The psychologist ’s research does this: ask some people to read the chapter "Twilight" (a novel about a vampire story), in which the actor Edward describes the life of a vampire to his lover Bella . Others read two chapters in "Harry Potter and the Magic Stone". In these two chapters, Harry and his classmates were divided into different colleges by the branch cap. Harry met Sever for the first time. Professor Ruth Snape.
After the participants read these chapters, the researchers will assess their acceptance of the vampire / wizard status. It turned out that participants who read "Harry Potter" reacted greatly when categorizing the words "My XX" and "Magic Wand", "Flying Broom", "Spell" and "Potion" by pressing buttons. Ascension, which means that, subconsciously, they have connected themselves with these things in the magical world.
Similarly, participants who read "Twilight" classified "My XX", "Blood", and "Canine" as they responded faster, which also showed the role of contact.
The researchers also asked these participants to answer some questions:
"How much do you think you are like an Englishman?"-Because the story of Harry Potter happened in England.
"If you work hard enough, can you really use the power of thought to move an object?"-In the magic world, wizards can use flying to curse moving objects.
"Are you really likely to let yourself disappear and appear again in other places?"-In the magic world, a wizard who can move phantoms can disappear "out of thin air" and "appear in another place".
Although these questions seem a bit funny, especially the last two questions, the average adult will know that it is impossible to happen in reality, and the participants who read "Harry Potter" will not feel that they have mastered the flying mantra. , Phantom shifting skills, but they still answered a higher probability than others.
These results all indicate that at this time, the participants who finished reading "Harry Potter" will more or less substitute themselves as wizards. Those who read "Twilight" will feel that they can jump higher, stay asleep longer, and have sharper teeth, which means that they have substituted themselves into vampires.
The researchers also found through the questionnaire scale that the more people who want to get a sense of group belonging, the more they feel like a wizard / vampire; after substituting themselves as a wizard / vampire, these people will become more satisfied with life Happy and more active.
For those lucky enough to get lost in a good book, the joy of being immersed in the story is not surprising. This research shows that books give readers more opportunities to be in the fantasy world, and even provide an opportunity to socialize in fantasy. This feeling of "being part of the collective" provides us with a happy calm.
We may be overwhelmed in our lives, and we will feel incomprehensible and feel lonely, but when we open Harry Potter and feel that we belong to this magical world, we will believe that we are the owl who delivered when we were 11 Just get lost, we will feel that there are tens of millions of hidden witches in the world. At this moment, we are no longer alone.
Let us prepare for the magic of the national theater!
Yin Jinxiu Source: China Youth Daily