Generational Parallels

[erinellii]

No: HPFGUIDX 78720

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Monday, August 25, 2003, 7:04:56 AM, Serena wrote:
> 
> >  If anything, you can say 
> > that current generation has rebeled against the preset role, 
making  it their own.  Therefore, they are not doomed to repeat the 
mistakes  of the older generation.  Neville won't betray the trio, 
Draco either  won't join the DE or will but not be redeemed, Hermione 
will not be  an outcast, Ron will not go to Azkaban, and Harry won't 
die defending  his son.
>

 Susanne wrote: 
> What I don't understand is, why they should have a preset
> role, and be doomed to repeat the mistakes others made, in
> the first place.
> 
> Where does this idea come from?


  It's a popular theme in literature.  Ever read "Wuthering Heights"?


Erin