Harry's Point of View, and the Halloween murders

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I think that obviously Halloween is a very significant date in the 
wizarding world, but I do find it interesting that this significance 
isn't really mentioned in the book.  The fact that Lily and James 
died on Halloween is almost mentioned in passing.  And I always 
wondered why Harry never felt more upset on his parents' death 
anniversary.  I mean, sure, he grew up never knowing that his parents 
died on that day, so I can understand why he doesn't fall into a 
depression or anything, but now that he knows, there is no mention 
that he ever thinks about this.  Also, I cannot possibly imagine what 
Headless Nick's Deathday being on Halloween has to do with Lily and 
James dying on Halloween, but I have a sneaking suspicion, there 
might be.

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Anne R Urbanski <urbana at c...> 
wrote:
> Hi all, I did a search (with the "search" feature, of course) 
through about
> the last 10,000 messages and couldn't find this mentioned... but it 
seems
> to me that it's very important that JKR wrote these books in third-
person
> but from Harry's point of view, rather than third-person 
omniscient. To me,
> these stories are "about Harry" not merely because he's the focal 
point of
> the action, but because he's the only character whose thoughts 
we're privy
> to, whose head we actually get inside. If the POV was third-person
> omniscient, Harry could still be the focal point of the action, but 
JKR
> would be able to reveal not only Harry's thoughts but the other 
characters'
> as  well. Of course that would make their motivations a lot easier 
to
> determine, but JKR really does want us to experience Hogwarts and 
the
> wizarding world through Harry's eyes, so like Harry, we can't be 
100% sure
> of why anyone else says or does what s/he says or does. I'd carry 
this
> further but (a) I haven't thought about it long enough to write 
something
> really "deep" (plus I'm not really a deep thinker) and (b) I'm 
really tired
> because I stayed up waayyy too late the last few nights reading HP 
fanfic
> (sick, I know... and I have Y'ALL to thank for that! LOL) 
>   
> Also, on a more sober note, has anyone discussed the significance of
> Voldemort killing James and Lily on Halloween? I'd appreciate 
pointers to
> any previous posts about this. 
> Anne U 
> (needs a spell for "how to pop in for a brief spell")
> 
> "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more 
than our
> abilities."  - Albus Dumbledore, in "Harry Potter and the Chamber 
of Secrets"
> 
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