Truth, light, knowledge, love

[lupinesque]

No: HPFGUIDX 43535

darkthirty wrote:

> Erised and the dialogue around it made it
> clear that the thesis being presented, in contradiction to
> the actual treatment of truth in books, was that Erised
> was a fraud. Erised becomes useful only when Potter
> has, in the context of the books, dropped the fantasy. My
> reading is that the real fantasy exists on a much deeper
> level. My reading also doesn't find much joy in the Potter
> books, or rather, it finds joy, so far, only in the pathos of
> someone sustaining this fantasy, which makes life livable,
> in the face of facts, of evidence, of truth. Harry's apparent
> love for Sirius, for instance, is unconvincing. Hermione's
> love for Harry is quite convincing, or Cho's for Cedric. The
> books are more adult disguising themselves as children's
> books than children's books appealing to the adult.

Could you elucidate?  I'm intrigued, but unsure what you mean by this. 
 E.g. what does "unconvincing" mean?--you mean unconvincing to you as 
a reader?  (I am fairly convinced of Harry's love for Sirius, though, 
the feeling and relationship being new, what is going on there has 
perhaps has not quite attained the status "love," unlike the [to me] 
undoubtable love amongst H, H and R).  And where does it fit in with 
joy and reality/fantasy?

Many thoughts on Erised, but I'll await your explanation.

Amy Z

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