OoP - Jenny's Big Questions - Spoilers!

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rebecca Stephens 
<rsteph1981 at y...> wrote:
> > Hey!  Wow - we made it!  I am still digesting it all
> > and am currently 
> > on my second read.  I have some burning questions,
> > though and wonder 
> > what you all think.
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> > Jenny:
> > 4. What do you think of the way JKR portrays the MoM
> > - and government 
> > in general?
> 
> Just reaffirms my opinion that I was right.  That the
> MOM and the entire WW is entirely to human-based. 
> Seems like wizards/witches are the only ones with
> "inalienable rights" and every other species just has
> to take what Wizards give them.  This seriously ticks
> me off.
> 

I so agree.  Elves, centaurs, giants -- their all under the boot od 
wizards.  Well, not really centaurs, but the MoM would put them 
there if it could.

I still can't belive that the centaurs were referred to as half-
human.  I was under the imprssion that they were their own species 
that just looked half human.  

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> > Jenny:
> > 6. Why did Percy turn his back on his family,
> > especially his mother?  
> > What will become of him now?
> 
> 
> I don't think he did.  I think there is more going on
> that meets the eye.  Mostly because there is no
> resolution to the Percy storyline:  he doesn't
> apologize or look stupid, or claim he was right.  I
> just think something is up.  Maybe it's just because
> I'm a Percy-lover, though.
> 
> 

I agree.  Percy just didn't feel right.  Someone on a message board 
presented a Percy-as-a-spy-for-Dumbledore argument that was pretty 
good.  I'm not saying that's the case, but I can't rule it out.  
Like you, I need to reread before I form a firm opinion.

> > 
> > Jenny:
> > 7. Are we supposed to dislike James Potter now?
> > 
> 
> 
> Well, I never liked Sirius, and my opinion of him has
> only worsened.  I can forgive a fictional character as
> long as they come to the conclusion they were wrong. 
> I think maybe James did.  He did, after all, save
> Snape later.
> 

Same here.  I never could respect Sirius because he never seemed to 
see his own mistakes.  I also never much liked him anyway.

James is a different story.  I respect James.  I think he was a 
total jerk in fifth year.  But Sirius said his head had deflated by 
seventh year.  James saw that it was wrong to endanger another 
students life because you didn't like him.  James appears to have 
grown up to be a much better person.  I can like James despite what 
he did, because he (mostly) grew out of the behavior.