[HPforGrownups] Seven Pillars of Wisdom

[Patricia Morrison]

No: HPFGUIDX 49319

 srsiriusblack (Snuffles)wrote:
>>"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by
>>night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in
>>the day to find that it was vanity: but 
>>the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they
>>may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it
>>possible. This I did."  T.E. Lawrence- Seven 
>>Pillars of Wisdom

Iris wrote:
>Why do you send this with every post? Do you think
>there's a connection between the Harry Potter series
>and T.E.Lawrence? Or at least an echo? 
>I'd like to know... After all, Lawrence's fate did
>inspire Frank Herbert or George Lucas...


I know it's OT, but as Lawrence is one of my own
personal heroes, I noticed that too. (Go Snuffles!:D)
And it's a lovely quote...

Though I don't really see how "Lawrence's fate" (wiped
out on a speeding motorcycle in Dorset to avoid
hitting two boys on bicycles and died in hospital of
his injuries, to national mourning) influenced either
George...Iris??

But Lawrence and Harry do have some parallels:
problematic boyhoods (Lawrence was illegitimate; his
baronet father bolted with the governess and settled
down happily for the rest of his life and a whole new
family); finding himself unexpectedly in a place that
was obviously made for him (Arabia/Hogwarts); a few
good and close friends (H&R; Auda, Ali, Storrs); a
certain fine disregard for Authority and the Done
Thing...


Honoria Granger
Hermione's Older, Smarter Cousin

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