OK, what is missing from OoP and Thestrals

[marephraim]

No: HPFGUIDX 69066

Darrin wrote:
> 
> My point is that ... [snip,snip,snip] The set-ups were just not 
subtle enough . . . [snip,snip,snip] Sorry, just not enough zing.

But keep in mind that here we are entering the first of the final 
trilogy of the arch. In the first three books there is a unity and 
cohesion appropriate to the POV and age of Harry. GoF, the centre of 
the arch functions as a bridge for the two trilogies before and 
after it. Equally, PoA, GoF, and OoP themselves form a trilogy 
centering on Harry, Sirius Black, and the issues of authority and 
parental authority.

> On to Thestrals, I just continually find it hard to believe that 
> these things were such a secret.
> 
> Harry has been at school for four years prior to OoP. Remember, 
> Hogwarts is a gossipy-place. They know all about the Sorcerer's 
> Stone, and the Chamber of Secrets and Riddle.
> 
> In all the time Harry has been there, and really, he has access to 
> longer knowledge history because of his connections with Bill, 
> Charlie, Oliver and Percy, there hasn't been one student who could 
> see these things? 


Yes, but Harry and group are not really part of the 'in crowd' are 
they, and unless Hermione found it a fascinating tid-bit to throw in 
from her detailed and devoted reading of Hogwarts: A History, I can 
see that it might not have come up before -- at least to Harry.


M.E.