[HPforGrownups] More Flaws, More Popular?

[Richasi]

No: HPFGUIDX 34039

> From: cindysphynx [mailto:cindysphynx at home.com]

> books, and they have had a lot of interaction with Harry.  So why is
> it that wise Dumbledore and competent McGonagall seem to stir less
> passion for me and possibly for others?

Perhaps, like many of us, we are drawn to the character that does
have flaws because we see parts of ourselves in them. Or, we see
the flawed character to be more real than those that do not have
flaws. They seem more human to us that those characters that
are perfect.

A work certainly wouldn't be interesting to read if the character
didn't have any flaws to explore. There'd be no "character" to
the work, no depth. That's not to say Dumbledore and McGonagall
don't have depth but we don't really see all that much of them
to know their flaws, if they do have any. So to us, they seem
less important or less like us.

Just my .02 :)

Richasi