Maturity as a theme in OoP and Sirius' future plot relevance (WAS: Sirius quite

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No: HPFGUIDX 84232

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jwcpgh" <jwcpgh at y...> wrote:
> 
> Laura:
> 
> Not that it's impossible-nothing is impossible in JKR's writing-but 
> have we learned that any dead character is the opposite of what 
> he/she seemed to be?  I exclude James here; we have more to learn 
> about him, I think, and besides, just because he was a teenaged jerk 
> doesn't make him Ever So Evil.
>

Kneasy;
Maligned again!
Not that I'd mind if Sirius were a nasty, but that is not the only option.
But yes, he is dead, permanently, I believe. No curtain calls, reprises
or comebacks. Hooray!
 
Laura: 
> What Kneasy calls post facto rationalization some of us would call 
> literary analysis.  *grin*  Explaining characters' actions by 
> theorizing about their psychological motivations is eminently 
> reasonable-otherwise the explanation is "because the author made him 
> do it".
>
Kneasy:
Not in my book it's not. pfr is too simple to be analysis, at least if
you use my usage of the phrase.
Psychology too is easy. There is no objective evidence for its validity.
Surprised? You shouldn't be. Anything that is incapable of being even 
averagely predictive when it claims to have a monopoly on the under-
standing of the human mind and the triggers for behaviour cannot be 
taken seriously as a scientific discipline.
No, what matters is *plot*, action and rigorous reasoning. 
   
 
> Laura:
> 
> It's hard to believe that Harry could be any safer while LV is alive 
> and well.  
>

Kneasy:
Oh yes he can.
He can learn to be a proper wizard instead of farting about letting his
feelings get in the way.