[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP: prefects & head boy

[SiriusBlack4Eternity]

No: HPFGUIDX 95117




Jason wrote: 
 In PoA Ch 4 pg 61 Scholastic it says,
> 
>     "At that moment Mrs. Weasley entered the bar, laden with 
> shopping bags and followed by the twins, Fred and George, who were 
> about to start their fifth year at Hogwarts; the newly elected Head 
> Boy, Percy; and the Weasleys' youngest child and only girl, Ginny."
> 
>     Newly Elected rather than newly appointed seems to imply popular 
> vote in my mind. 

Carol:
>>Or the Head Boy and Head Girl could be elected by Dumbledore and his
staff from a suitable pool of candidates (the incoming seventh-year
prefects and other outstanding students). James's marks, IIRC, were
the highest in his year, which would make him a candidate despite his
never having been a prefect. And he could still be elected rather than
appointed if he were elected by a group of teachers rather than the
student body. It could even be as small a group as the heads of
houses, with Dumbledore voting in the case of a tie.<<

SB4E:

I guess in a way, I'm going to play devil's advocate here...maybe what we need to realize is that it might just be an ill advised use of words on JKR's part, at least in the sense that it leaves an opening for misinterpretation.  Elected does mean chosen and it could be that JKR simply meant that he was the newly "chosen" head boy, meaning DD did the chosing, but decided to use the terminology "elected".  

SiriusBlack4Eternity





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