[HPforGrownups] Re: Favourite subjects reflected in your house?

[Katie Iles]

No: HPFGUIDX 23497


Hi! I'm Katie and I'm not technically a newbie...but I've never posted 
before (due in part to the fact that I didn't want to look stupid by having 
to be told to check the FAQ's...)so I'm taking this opportunity  to start 
out posting small....baby steps, Kate, baby steps....Anyway, this is my 
opinion, so nobody can tell me I'm wrong anyways (ha!)

I think that the reason that JKR hasn't had more important characters in 
other houses because we only see the things that Harry sees. I think of the 
reader's standpoint as being someplace behind Harry's head, on a miniature 
floating sofa! We only get to interact with people the same way that Harry 
would be able to interact with people. I feel the way that JKR portays the 
interaction between the houses is somewhat accurate. Never having been in a 
situation like Hogwart's, I don't know first hand what it would be like to 
have four separate houses with whom you eat, sleep, play and learn with. But 
IMHO, I can't see Harry having the opportunity to become best friends with 
Justin Finch-Fletchley for instance, simply because the only time we get to 
see him is during class or for a few moments at mealtimes. In my opinion, 
JKR hasn't portrayed Gryffindor as the superior house, and is leaving the 
characters in other houses out because they are considered 'lower-class' to 
her. Actually, I see Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff as the more 
admirable and upstanding houses, as upposed to Slytherin (which I don't 
think is entirely evil, just hits below the belt sometimes in order to get 
what they want...and NO I don't have an examply from canon for that...it's 
simply my impression!)

Oh, what's that? You want to know something about this rambling poster who 
has suddenly hopped out of the woodwork?!?! Wee-eelll.... My name is Katie 
(or Kate, Or Katelyn, or Lynnie....it all depends on who a talk to...) and I 
am really looking forward to voicing some of my opinions on issues that come 
up in the future. I'm almost 15, but I can be mature when the mood strikes 
me ;)...and you'll no doubt find that I'm very opinionated, although I DO 
try to ALWAYS be nice...

Happy posting!
Katie*
*The not-quite newbie who has yet to find (and is frantically searching for) 
a witty little HP quote to slap on the bottom of my rants--ahem--posts!! ;)*

>From: "Sofie Campbell" <sofie_elisabeth at yahoo.co.uk>
>Reply-To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Favourite subjects reflected in your house?
>Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 13:40:21 -0000
>
>--- In HPforGrownups at y...,
>"Sofie Campbell" <sofie_elisabeth at y...> wrote:
>
> > Am I the only person who thinks Lily was a Ravenclaw (though I >
> >made her a Gryffindor in my fic)?
>
>rcraigharman at h... wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, the answer is no.  Both were in Gryffindor.
> >
> > Courtesy: Harry Potter Lexicon.
> > Source: JKR Interview, Scholastic.com, October 16, 2000
> >
> > Q: Which house was Lily Potter in, and what is her maiden name?
> > JKR: Her maiden name was Evans, and she was in Gryffindor
> >  (naturally).
> >
> > http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/transcript2.htm
> >
> > ....Craig
>
>Thank you for clarifying that for me. I suspected that she might have
>been in Gryffindor as JKR does seem slightly favourist to this house.
>I still think she would have made a better Ravenclaw though. I'm
>considering starting a petition for an important character to be in a
>house besides Gryffindor (who isn't evil and who doesn't die). Does
>anyone else feel like that?
>Sofie
>


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