[HPforGrownups] Re: Evil--Lewis and JKR

[JamiDeise at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19851

In a message dated 5/31/2001 10:14:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
aiz24 at hotmail.com writes:

<< Also, let's just step back and look at the big picture for a second.  
 Is the Second Coming a deus ex machina?  That's a rather unflattering 
 way to look at Christianity.>> yes, but it would be even more unflattering 
to consider Christianity a "plot!" "Deus ex machina" is usually a criticism 
for a literary piece of work whose ending seems to have been drawn out of the 
air by its author. And it doesn't necessary involve God, another diety or 
magical creature arriving to solve everything. Actually, the Second Coming 
wouldn't even be considered deus ex machina because it's already supported by 
the religion.    
 
>> But back to HP.  Even if good triumphs over evil at the end of book 7, 
 I have my doubts as to whether JKR will make it a final triumph, a la 
 Lewis.  >> I don't think so either. Consider what's written on the back of 
Dumbledore's card in PS/SS, that he was well known for the defeat of a Dark 
Wizard (whose name escapes me) in 1945. So, even if Voldemort is ultimately 
defeated, there will be someone out there more than willing to take his place.

jami