Emotional Intimacy in the HP stories (not necessarily romantic)

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 105608

Meri said:

"Well, here's my theory. If JKR wrote down and published every 
single conversation that Harry, Ron and Hermione ever had then the 
books would be so long and inane that *I* would probably give up on 
them. (Examples: Ron: "Hey, Harry, did you see Parvati today? She 
looked sweet!" Harry: "Yeah..."; Hermione: "Ron, could you pass me 
my Arithmancy book, please?") <snip> This to me is much like the reason why we hardly ever see 
Harry bathe or use the men's room. That's sort of an individual 
activity, and, unlike mealtimes where significant conversation can 
occur, there really isn't much that can happen in the way of plot 
advancememnt."


Cathy now:

My feeling about these books is that JKR found HP's journals and was so amazed at the outcome in the journals, she is giving us the info needed to get through to the end of the story. The good parts, required reading, to find out what happened from the initial attack on Harry to 'the end of the story.'   Somewhat like the idea that J.R.R. Tolkien found the Red Book of Westmarch and translated it to produce The Lord of the Rings.  

So, all in all, I'm areeing with you without that dreaded one-line "I agree" e-mail!  We couldn't possibly read it all or we'd still be in the second book.  Just looking at how big OotP is, can you imagine the size if 'everything' was included?



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