Harry's POV?

[williamhause2000 at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 15679

I think you are correct that the POV argument is bogus.  If the story 
was told from Harry's POV then Harry would be in every scene.  E.g. 
is the first chapter of GOF told from Harry's POV?  Obviously not as 
he is unaware of what took place there.

-Billy

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., naama_gat at h... wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been reading quite a few posts explaining things (away, 
mostly) 
> on the basis of the Harry's POV premise ("oh, well, the stories are 
> told from Harry's POV, so possibly ... the Slytherins are really 
nice 
> fellas, the basilisk is shorter, the number of tables in at the 
ball 
> is smaller.." etc.) 
> 
> I have a problem with this type of argument, but before going off 
the 
> deep end, I wanted to ask, is there evidence that the stories are 
> *coloured* by Harry's POV? 
> 
> Just to make clear what I mean by "colouring", I'll give an example 
> of how the narrative *could* have been coloured by Harry's POV:
> After Harry learned that Cho was going to the ball with Cedric, he 
> "suddenly realised that Cedric was in fact a useless pretty-boy who 
> didn't have enough brains to fill an eggcup." (347; Brit) If our 
> perception of Cedric was coloured by Harry's perception of him, we 
> would at this point have had a bad opinion of him, only finding out 
> later (with Harry) that he is really an exceptionally decent guy. 
> But that is not the case. The way we are told of Harry's view of 
> Cedric makes it very clear that it *is* Harry's point of view (and 
> that it's the outcome of jealousy, not clear judgement), so it 
> doesn't colour *our* perception of Cedric as a decent guy. 
> 
> So, is there evidence for such colouring of the narrative? I 
couldn't 
> think of anything that fits, but maybe other people here can come 
up 
> with examples?
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Naama