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[Richelle Votaw]

At the risk of being too on topic for an off topic list I'll jump in and defend JKR just a bit. :)

Lynda wrote:

> where she left things out that should have been mentioned that are so simple -- > who brought Harry his wand, for instance, oh rats I can't remember the scene, 
> toward the end of the book and he didn't have it, then suddenly he did (I'm 
> re-reading it now, not there *again* yet), but I wondered "where did his wand 
> come from?  He didn't have it a while ago."  (Or am I remembering incorrectly?? 

It seems a lot of people missed that.  I did too at first, and went back to check it.  But it was so neatly inserted that it just didn't stand out.  Ron gave both Harry and Hermione their wands.  US edition page 760.


> GoF pg. 725 US version, they're called "horseless carriages")?  He'd seen 
> Cedric die by that time, but they aren't mentioned until OoP.  Such continuity 
> errors are confusing to the reader.  JMO.

JKR cleared that one up at the UK interview where she did the OOP reading.  According to her, she didn't want to stick them in at the end of GoF and not explain them.  Therefore she decided you had to have time to process the death, think about it a while, and then you see them.  My particular problem is with the use of the words "seen death."  I think it should be "witness death" since Harry didn't actually *see* Cedric die.  Which I seem to be the only one who has a problem with that particular thing.

Richelle


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