[HPforGrownups] Not a Flint.

[Samaporn Teeravechyan]

No: HPFGUIDX 28852

At 07:09 PM 11/5/01 -0000, you wrote:
>--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cindy C." <cynthiaanncoe at h...> wrote:
>> In my never-ending but so far unsuccessful effort to find a FLINT, 
>> here's another FLINT candidate.  (snip)> Now, the first two 
>questions are fine and make sense.  But the third  one is a puzzle.  
>At the time of parents wedding, how could Black  have 
>possibly "realized" he was facing time in Azkaban, even if he  were 
>already planning something?  And he certainly wouldn't have  realized 
>that it would only be 12 years, or that he would become   
>unrecognizable, or that he would get caught for something he hadn't  
>yet done.  
>> 
>> So, what say ye?  FLINT, No FLINT, or Yes FLINT But We've All Known 
>> About This For Three Years.
>> 
>> Cindy
>
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>Not a Flint, in my book. A literary device. Obviously Sirius couldn't 
>possibly have known what was in store for him in the future. The 
>question is rhetorical and meant for emphasis. It reminds us that 
>this handsome and happy-looking man is facing a dreadful future. It 
>also serves to point up the contrast between Sirius now and Sirius 
>then. It's a commonly used literary device. Also, remember this is 
>all Harry's third-person-limited point of view. The comment is meant 
>to emphasize the contrast between the pictured Sirius and what Harry 
>knows to be true about Sirius. I thought it was nciely done, actually.
>
>Cassie

Agreed. But now, I am left wondering why he never noticed Lupin in those
pictures. I guess, like his name being omitted from the conversation at the
Three Broomsticks, it was just a device to keep people from guessing. It's
like one of those mystery novels that hold back just enough information
that you're never able to guess who the actual culprit is until the sleuth
explains everything in the end.
Puts my teeth on edge, sometimes.

Samaporn


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