# of Students in Hogwarts

[joywitch999]

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From: joywitch999
Subject: Re: # of Students in Hogwarts
Reply To: [Yahoo! #4931] Re: # of Students in Hogwarts
Date: 7/23/00 11:55 pm  (ET)

>>>Going back to something I said about 10 quintizillion posts ago,
I think there is an 'ensemble cast' effect being used when it somes to
the student body (and the teachers). We only hear about a few of the
characters and most of the action focuses on a very few, but that's
not to say there aren't others standing in the background, muttering
'rhubarb, rhubarb'.

Yeh, I agree. I have always assumed that the Hogwarts cast was sort
of like the Star Trek one; only 10 or so people with speaking parts,
and several hundred extras. And Dumbledore, like Kirk and Picard is
'responsible for the lives of 400 people aboard this ship', but so as
not to confuse matters we'll mostly ignore the other 390.