[HPforGrownups] Why is GoF called "GoF"?

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 29849

fourgom at ameritech.net wrote:

> This is something that I wondered about right after I finished Goblet
> of Fire.
> 
> Why is the book called "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire?" The
> Goblet of Fire appears in all of ONE chapter, and the role it plays
> isn't that big, in the scheme of the book.
> 
> Is there a hidden meaning I overlooked? Some foreshadowing to one of
> the later books? Any suggestions or ideas would be most welcome.

IMO, friend, the meaning is much more similar. I believe that the original
title "Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament" was the official title
until it got leaked to the press. Bloomsbury/Scholastic were having kittens
trying to make it a mass media event, and got JKR to change the name to
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and the tournament to "Tri-Wizard
Tournament".

--John

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John Walton -- john at walton.vu
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