Is this the post that we think was from JKR?
moonmyyst13
moonmyyst13 at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 23 00:11:29 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 120426
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mooseming" <jo.sturgess at b...>
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67"
<justcarol67 at y...>
> wrote:
>
> Snip
> >
> > No, I don't think we need to go outside Hogwarts quite yet. Save
that
> > for Book 7.
> >
> > Carol,
> >
>
> IMO (should be H but I'm still working on that!), the final showdown
> has to be at Hogwarts.
>
> I find this very hard to justify because it simply feels right. In
no
> particular order here are my 'reasons':
>
> It is the spiritual home for the main protagonist, antagonist and
for
> DD (the narrator).
>
> It is the safe home for all members of the magical community:
giants,
> centaurs, elves, werewolves, spiders (yeuk), ghosts, half breeds,
> squibs, Malfoy, Snape and Trelawny!
>
> It is the historical home for the WW split and where that split is
> still acted out in the form of houses.
>
> It is the shared home of absolutely all the main characters
including
> the dead ones.
>
> There are still areas to be explored and explained, in particular
the
> chamber, the forest, the ghosts (and now the graveyard possibly).
>
> This is a coming of age story, traditionally this is marked by a
> symbolic change of state e.g. getting married, becoming a king,
dying
> (don't panic), and in this case graduating (I think).
>
> Most compelling for me however is that it is the place where the
books
> and the story truly come alive, Hogwarts is the single most
> charismatic 'character' in the books, it lives, has secrets both
good
> and bad, has a past and internal conflict. To me Hogwarts 'is' JKR,
it
> shares her sense of humour and generous nature.
>
> Regards
> Jo
>
> (coo that came from the heart!)
Notice how it is signed??
moonmyyst
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