Harry, Hermione & Ron [SHIP + CRAB]
scooting2win
scooting2win at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 31 23:40:32 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 74501
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "shboink" <shboink at y...> wrote:
> Readers, who engage in SHIP discussions, must remember that we see
> everything from Harry's POV so we know virtually nothing events
> unless
> Harry witnessed it or was told about it. That unfortunately, leads
> often
> to assumptions that what Harry had seen is 100% full truth.
>
> Now me:
> Just a note: Even though it is true that we see *most* of the
> story/action through Harry's eyes, we don't necessarily see 100%
of
> it. He's simply the character to whom we are closest. When writing
> with a 3rd person limited omniscient POV, the author can always
still
> pull back away from the POV character to give the reader a broader
> (or different) view.
>
> Shboink, first-time poster, nervous
My reply: You did good, sh-boink, sometimes I see that we are not
seeing it from Harry's POV, alot of times I think its more all three
of them that we see the story through. Lori
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