what kind of story is HP? (was:Re: Who will betray the order)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 83104

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lady Pensieve" 
<ladypensieve at y...> wrote:
> Geoff:
> 
> > I feel I must disagree with this view. Tolkien, in the Lord of 
the 
> > Rings, focusses on one character, Frodo, who has a burden placed 
> > on him to carry the ring. He has companions and friends - Sam, 
> > Merry, Pippin, Gimli, Aragorn, Legolas et al. They are around 
him, 
> > they support him, encourage him and help him.  
> 



Kathy:
> But Sam did end up being a ring bearer - briefly - but ring bearer 
> still.  
> 


Geoff:

Yes, I agree. Obviously, if one draws parallels between books, they 
are not totally congruent. The point I was making is that Frodo and 
Harry are the main focus of their respective stories. Since Harry is 
apparently on the receiving end of the prophecy, you can't hand that 
over to someone else in the same way that Sam took over when he 
thought that Frodo was dead. But, for example, Neville was still on 
his feet helping Harry at the end of the battle in the Ministry 
building in OOTP as was Sam during the final confrontation between 
Gollum and Frodo.

Geoff