[HPforGrownups] Use of names

[dragonsbloodmoon at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 18759

In a message dated 5/14/2001 12:10:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
aiz24 at hotmail.com writes:


> It's a key plot issue, though, because we don't learn Lupin's first 
> name until Sirius uses it near the end of PA (ch 18).  We already know 
> at that point that he's a werewolf.  I wondered whether JKR was 
> withholding his first name because she thought it would clue us in too 
> quickly to his secret.  

I had my suspicions because of his *last* name, not his first. As soon as 
they met him on the train, and they learned his name was Lupin, a light bulb 
went off. Same to with Sirius Black and the reference to the Grim. (Sirius 
Black - black dog) It just fit so well. I didn't have it entirely figured 
out, though. I thought at first that it was metaphorical.

Toby


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