Time: Harry Potter a different Universe with a Different Calander?

[mariahisabel]

No: HPFGUIDX 35702

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "psion_x" <psion_x at y...> wrote:
> How would you explain the problem of time in the Harry Potter 
> series, just ignore it? Or does it bother you no end,>>
> Do you think JKR ever noticed when writing 
> that none of the dates match? Do you think she wrote the dates in 
> the books to correspond with the year she actually WROTE them for 
> example Goblet of Fire which should be 1994 follows a 1998 calander.

Actually no it doesn't bother me at all.  From my understanding, when 
JKR wrote the first Harry Potter novel, she had no idea or intention 
that it would be a world wide phenomenon.  I believe I read somewhere 
(on this site actually, in one of the essays) that during an 
interview, JKR stated that she wrote the books for herself, simply 
because she wanted to do it. She was just writing it to write, and 
when a person does that, normally, they dont take up a lot of time 
perusing old calenders to make sure their dates fit.  She may have 
glanced at one from time to time but I dont think she meant to have 
all (or for that matter any) of the dates be correct.  The dates are 
simply there as a part of the story, something the reader should 
accept.  However, when a book gets this popular there are always 
people who go through the book with a fine tooth comb to find 
discrepancies or those who notice that the author has made a mistake 
or something. But the bottom line, is that it *is* a BOOK. A simple 
(well its really not all that simple) story thought up to entertain 
readers.  Its not meant to fit in with day to day realty. Now dont 
get me wrong, Im all for discussions about who will fall in love with 
who, and whats so-and-sos real motive for this, and so on and ect; 
heck Im even a big fan of the Lexicon which discusses these type of 
things thoroughly. But I really dont see why the dates matter.  As 
long as they arent completely off base, such as "on the 31 of 
February", or something like "today, friday was the 22. Tomarrow, 
Saturday was the 26" i think its all right and fine.  If the dates 
dont match up within the story line, then theres a problem, but so 
what if they arent the actual dates?But ya know thats just my opinion

Mariahisabel