Research Help

[Quinn Cassidy]

No: HPFGUIDX 5113

Hey all, my name is Quinn, and I'm in the extreme form of lurkerdom 
currently. I'm a college student, and therefore have a negative 
amount of free time, so I haven't really been around here much. Hence 
the reason why y'all prolly don't know me. ;)

I'm actually writing a term paper on HP, believe it or not, and was 
rudely awakened to the fact that there really aren't any academic 
publications on the book, at least none that would be of any use to 
me. So, I'm searching out support in other arenas. My topic is on the 
parallels between the two main generations, the Marauders and the 
Triumverate. I simply don't have the time--and I don't want to bias 
responses too badly--to hash out my full theory here, but I will say 
that I think that the paralleled couples are Harry-James, Hermione-
Sirius, Ron-Pettigrew, and Neville-Lupin. 

What I'm requesting is for your theories. Obviously, I have extensive 
ones of my own, but just as obviously I need secondary support for my 
paper. And, of course, there have to be points that I've missed in my 
research so far. Obviously, if I use any ideas, quotes, whatever 
belonging to one of you I will quote you in my paper, and any email 
that has sparked a thought process on my part will be included in my 
works cited/bibliography. 

There is one problem, however. As I said earlier, I simply don't have 
the time to sift through hundreds of emails looking for flicks of 
gold. I've already spent far too much time going through book reviews 
and past emails on other list, and consequently I'm dangerously close 
to my rough draft deadline. If you could carbon-copy all emails on 
this subject to qkc at hotmail.com, I would be able to get the 
information *much* easier (honestly, that simple action would save me 
about two or three hours that I simply don't have). Please remember 
to also include your full name in the email, so that I can correctly 
cite you. 

Okay, I feel horrible doing this since I'm not a regular member, but 
I've heard great things about the minds on this list, and hey--really 
all I'm doing is kicking off a new discussion on the list, just 
asking a few favours in addition. If you decide to do this, I'd 
prefer the emails to go out within the next few days, but to be 
honest I only have a rough draft due soon, any information will be 
helpful at any time. 

Thank you so much, and happy theorizing!!

Quinn Cassidy