Whose point of view ?

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> > Sylvia wrote:
> > Hi Neri
> > It wouldn't matter if David Copperfield had twenty times the 
> > (considerable) number of characters Dickens employs, the story 
> would 
> > still be seen entirely from David's POV, just as the HP books are 
> > seen entirely from Harry's.  

  Harry Potter books aren't written from Harry's point of view. They 
are written from the author's bird-eye-view, if one may call it that. 
Remember the first chapter of Book4 where the point of view shifted 
to the action in the Riddle house though Harry wasn't there. Though 
Harry was dreaming all this, it wasn't written like that. First the 
action was presented, then it was told that Harry had also been 
dreaming about the incidents. If it had been written from Harry's 
point of view, it should have started with Harry sleeping on his bed 
la la la and then gone onto the Riddle House, as it happens with the 
many dreams Harry has in Book5.
  Well, my argument is the books aren't written from Harry's point of 
view as David Copperfield or any other first person narratives are. 
They are written from the point of view of an omniscient author who 
most of the time confines herself to decribing Harry's actions but 
can deviate from the rote whenever the suspense or narrative demands 
it.
 Well, I missed the start of this thread and I'm making only this 
point, so I'll rename it.
Bye
Adi