chapter and character discussion

[plinsenmayer]

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From: plinsenmayer
Subject: Re: Re:chapter and character discussion
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5343] Re: Re:chapter and character discussion
Date: 7/29/00 11:07 pm  (ET)

Hi:

<<<>>>The first aspect in regards to Percy you have to consider is his
family life. For whatever reason there is a huge gap between the older
two brothers and Percy>>>

<<<I dont understand why people think this. In GoF, Bill says that he
hasnt seen Hogwarts in 5 years. At that point in time, Percy had been
a Hogwarts graduate for almost a year. This implies that there is a
4 year difference in age between Bill, the oldest son, and Percy, the
third oldest.>>>

I can tell you why I think there's a huge gap between Charlie &
Percy. Bill is the oldest & Charlie is next -- that's pretty clear. There
are several references in SS, CoS and PoA about the number of years since
Gryffindor has won the Quidditch Cup and references to the fact that they
haven't won since Charlie left Hogwarts. Don't have the exact quotes in
front of me but the upshot is that Charlie hadn't been at Hogwarts for at
least 7 yrs in SS, when Ron was 11. So, Charlie is at least 24 at that
juncture, if that's to be believed. Bill is older than that -- at least
1 yr older than Charlie. Percy is 15 at that point. One of these days I'm
going to really take *all* the internal clues & map out an exact theory.

I really think JKR screwed up -- I don't think she intended that large
an age gap between Charlie & Percy, but that's the way it works out
internally.

As for Bill's comment in GoF -- what he says is that he hasn't *seen*
Hogwarts in 5 yrs. Doesn't mean he "graduated" (I know the Brits don't
graduate from this level school) 5 yrs ago. It just means Bill hasn't
been there in 5 yrs. Maybe he came back to see Charlie's final Quidditch
match, which would be roughly 5 yrs from the point in GoF where Bill
makes that remark actually.

I think in GoF that Bill is about 28, Charlie 27, Percy 18/19, the twins
are 16, Ron is 14 & Ginny is 13.

Penny