OOP: Voldemort's Name-Annoying!
opal1159
opal at cogdreams.com
Thu Jun 26 23:06:50 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 64595
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "michaelkgidlow"
<Veritas771 at h...> wrote:
> I liked OoP, though it's plot was a bit more predictable than the
> others, but anyway, one thing really annoyed me. Is it really
> necessary to say that people shudder whenever Harry say Voldemort's
> name. I mean, there is not one time in the book (at least that I
> remember) that Harry says Voldemort's name and the text clearly
says
> someone shudder. I kind of felt like Rowling was treating us like
> babies, like we didn't know that people shudder at Voldemort's
name.
> I got really annoyed with it after awhile. Anyone agree with me?
>
> Michael
Because Rowling's made such an association, we'll notice when
someone -doesn't- shudder, and that may be a turning point.
Opal
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