Stereotyping

[meltowne]

No: HPFGUIDX 84920

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "alshainofthenorth" 
<alshainofthenorth at y...> wrote:
 
> Yes, there are male archetypes in the stories as well. Yes, some of
> them never develops. Yes, Draco seems to be frozen in his role as
> nemesis. That's the point. 
> Male character with zero development = boring male character.
> Female character with zero development = boring female character.
> More female characters with zero development = more boring female
> characters. 
> 
> I'm choosing to believe that JKR does this deliberately, and that as
> Harry starts realising that girls aren't just long-haired cootie
> bearers but persons in their own right, the female characters will
> start to develop. 
> 
> Alshain

Absolutely - remember we are seeing everything from Harry's POV.  
Thus, if he's not interested in someone, we are not likely to know 
much about them.  It might be interesting to read this story from 
Hermione's perspective, since she is more curious than Harry.  Many 
of the characters fit stereotypes because that's how Harry sees them -
 what he notices about them.

Consider many of the people you know in your town - not your close 
friends, but people who you pass in the street on a regular basis - 
what do you know about them?  How would you characterize them to 
somebody else?