[HPforGrownups] Re: Lupin's Shiver When Confroted by Hermione's Accusatio...

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 49406

In a message dated 07/01/2003 21:35:19 Eastern Standard Time, snorth at ucla.edu 
writes:


> Agreed.  Is it just me, or are people jumping at the slighest twitch of any 
> character in this book?  I blame the "Harry thought he saw a gleam of 
> something like triumph in Dumbledore's eyes" (GoF ch. 36, pg. 696 US first 
> edition).  That's almost certainly significant, but just because a 
> character shivers, shudders, frowns, gasps, or smiles doesn't mean there's 
> some hidden meaning in it; I think that JKR is just trying to make 
> conversations more colorful.
> 
> 

Ok. Yes. I think that sometimes we all want to read more into some of the 
smaller details... but JKR is also giving us descriptions of body language, 
and sometimes those little shivers, quakes, winks, etc can give us insight 
more into the characters we love. I know I am completely obsessed with HP, I 
don't deny it, but I also see JKR as an exceptionally crafty writer who would 
likely add little descriptions of body langauge to give us more insight into 
the minds of the characters. 

-Snuffles
"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


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