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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