JKR's writing vs story, maybe a little OOP (but nothing factual)
olivierfouquet2000
olivier.fouquet+harry at m4x.org
Wed May 21 06:38:56 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 58334
I can tell you what really striked me as incredibly good in JKR wrinting style especially
easily because I was skeptic about the Harry Potter phenomena before someone
forced a copy in my hands. I was greatly impressed by the ability she has to deliver
powerful psychological message through magical metaphors.
For instance, I believe Dobby is a vivid portray of a disturbed or abused child. He is
self-punishing, tries to relate to others in a clumsy way, dressed with horrible
clothes, his face looks like the face of a child in pain, he is certainly abused and
finally freed when he receives a present. MWPP turned animagi on their fifth year, this
is to say when they turned sixteen, a great way to symbolise puberty. The moving
stairs of Hogwarts too are a good idea, in fact I swear I had the impression that the
stairs of my Junior High School were moving when I was in first year. I could go on
and on, practically every significant memory I have of that period of my life found an
echo in HP.
When I reread the whole series, I also had the impression that each book had a
specific psychological meaning. The first is about the fear of being not up to, the
second could be about defiance (as suddenly Harry is seen as a danger), PoA is about
overreacting as was pointed out by Pippin and in my opinion GoF is about the danger
of getting too involved in something, to be obsessed (the Quidditch champions are
obsessed with winning ant turn brutal, Moody is obsessed with fighting dark wizards,
Bagman is obsessed with gambling, Barty Crouch is obsessed with Voldemort, Percy
with his boss...)
It has be pointed out that Harry has not yet failed. I think that this could very well be
the theme of OOP. Not only Harry but all the good character will in my opinion
experience failure : Ron could turn out to be a poor Quidditch player, Dumbledore
will make a mistake...Harry's failure will probably be related to the main plot, I think
he will fail to protect someone who will die. As for Hermione, I think she will remain
the brightest student but could very possibly fail due to SPEW. After all, it seems that
for the time being House elves are rather suspicious to SPEW, so Hermione could
temporarily be the cause of a worsening of the relations between House elves and
wizards.
Forgive me for my poor english, as it is not my native language
June 21st rules.
Olivier
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