[HPforGrownups] Peeves Not A Real Ghost?

[dangermousehq at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 47058

Karen wrote:

"My dear Friar, haven't we given Peeves all the chances he deserves?  
He gives us all a bad name       and you know, he's not really even a 
ghost- I say, what are you all doing here?"

"Sir Nicholas is the one speaking in this quote.  What does he mean 
when he says Peeves isn't really a ghost?  Was there something in the 
other three books that I forgot telling why is isn`t a real ghost?   
What does everyone think of this?"

My take on this is that N.H.N. meant that Peeves was a poltergeist. Now, I believe that a poltergeist is, in some way, different from a ghost, at least in the Harry Potter Universe. Perhaps, in the HPU, a ghost is just a spirit that cannot get over something in their life, but is relatively harmless. Peeves, a poltergeist, plays tricks, destroys property, etc. Maybe people don't understand that ghosts (harmless) are different than poltergeists (harmful). I think that's what JK had in mind--Peeves is a misbehaving ghost.

-DM


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]