The Whole Evans Theory

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 85088

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> BUT STILL, JKR is much much much much better at this than I am, 
and I
> find it hard to believe she couldn't come up with another last 
name.
> If he is just a generic kid doomed to stay in the background, then 
why
> not Mark Smith, or Mark Jones? So I conclude that this must be a
> significant person.

Something else just occured to me as I think about this -- before 
OOP, Lily's last name had not actually been explicitly stated in the 
books, had it?  If I remember correctly, JKR had said in an 
interview that Lily's maiden name was Evans, and that was the only 
canon we had.  So not only did OOP introduce Mark Evans, it also 
officially introduced Lily's full name for the first time.  After 
all, regardless of what she'd said in interviews, there was nothing 
preventing JKR from having James scribble "Lily Smith" on his exam 
paper in the Pensieve scene.  So I'm becoming more convinced than 
ever that JKR deliberately gave Mark and Lily the same name.  And 
given how carefully she names her characters, I'm sure she didn't do 
it just to have a funny coincidence in the books.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com