Theoretical boundaries / Dursleys' abuse

[ms_luna_knows]

No: HPFGUIDX 120474



--> Ms. Luna wrote:
> "Okay, I take your point about not directly from Harry's eyes do we
> see everything, but most of Harry's own story is from Harry's
> perspective."
> 
> Del replies:
> The story is told from his perspective, yes, but not *by* him. The
> narrator is like some kind of ghost living right inside Harry and
> telling his story, but he is not Harry.
> 
Luna,
I completely agree with you on this, ..the "ghost living right inside Harry" is how I have 
come to understand where the narrator is "living"  from our discussion.

> Ms. Luna wrote:
> "So, yes, there is a narrator telling the story, but it IS from
> Harry's perspective, and as Harry grows and changes, so to must the
> style of  narration."
> 
> Del replies:
> Why? The style of narration is the narrator's only, it doesn't *have*
> to be influenced by the story he is relating at all. Usually, an
> invisible narrator like the one in HP remains strictly consistent from
> the beginning to the end of a book or series, no matter what happens.
> 
> Del

Luna,
As Harry changes so does his perspective.  The narration needs to change to keep up with 
Harry's change in mood.  I've said before that the teenage mind is a dark and scary thing 
(especially to us parents!!) and to have the narration not change would, IMO, would be 
detremental to the story.  The HP series is a coming of age, and the style of narration must 
change to match Harry's changes and moods for us to completely understand where Harry 
is coming from.  Having the story spoken from the same place as the first book, where the 
narrator was speaking of/about/for a child of 11, would not work for the angst filled 13+ 
year old.