Coding to Chapters--please give input!

Jen Reese stevejjen at earthlink.net
Mon Feb 21 16:24:51 UTC 2005


Help! I was wrong. The chapter codings are NOT cut and dried, 
right/wrong, etc. We need to answer a big question before I move 
on:  What will people be looking for when searching a chapter 
category? 
 
A)Discussion and theorizing about events within that chapter, i.e., 
why did Dumbledore leave Harry at the Dursleys? Why did it take so 
long for Hagrid to arrive with Harry at Privet Drive? 

B) Discussion about the chapter itself. For Book 1, chapter 1 
examples are: POV, clues JKR laid within this chapter (i.e. Sirius' 
motorbike), comments about how JKR introduced the characters, etc.

C) Only formal chapter discussions, either initiated by the group or 
when a poster does so informally.

D) Something else I'm not thinking of.


So far in reviewing chap. 1 of PS, most of the posts discuss events 
within the chapter and include theorizing about the hot button 
issues such as the letter, Dumbeldore's decision, missing 24 hours, 
etc.

Myself, I've been coding plot points and theorizing to the chapters, 
but now it seems redundant. There are so many other ways to find 
specific plot discussion, and I'm thinking the chapter categories 
should include discussion more like examples B & C above.

Thanks for any and all input! I've started my review twice now and 
keep stumbling over the same question.

Jen, who chuckled all the way through Carolyn's Year-in-Review and 
thinks her post needs to be sent out as part of the recruitment 
package. 







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