JKR the non-conformist

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 57622

Gulplum: 
> 
> I don't really have time to reply to this (or the original message) 
in 
> detail, but I can't say that I agree with you that JKR's plots are 
> particularly original, or indeed that they exemplify any kind of 
> "non-conformism".
> 
> The four "plot summaries" you present are absolutely nothing new, 
and 
> countless examples could be presented of other books with the same 
kind of 
> plots. Certainly it's the way most spy novel plots run. Although 
I've not 
> read the books, the four movies to date of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan 
books 
> (which I understand are fairly faithful plot-wise to the books) 
could be 
> summarised along those lines.
> 
> "Analysis of the similarities is an exercise left to the reader". :-

Now me:

I think the overall themes in the books are not original. Certainly, 
the world she's created is fresh and new, and the twists in each book 
are hard to see coming -- at least, they were for me -- but the 
actual treatment of good and evil do not seem all that original.

We're not going to know exactly what the treatment of good and evil 
will be until the series is completed. Now, if at the end of book 7, 
Voldemort has conquered Britain, Dumbledore is dead, Harry is 
Dementorized, Ron is a Death Eater and Hermione has forgotten 
something about Hogwarts: A History, then OK, let's call it something 
fresh.

Darrin
-- Actually, Gul, Clancy HATED the movies about his books. I think he 
removed his name from one of them out of disgust.

-- Just Watched Hunt For Red October. How cool a Moody would Sean 
Connery be?