[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR's narrative strategy (Was: Whose point of view ?)

[James Lawlor]

No: HPFGUIDX 107161

Pam:
> I also have thought that the Little Hangleton scene may be the
> narrator presenting Harry's dream (remember his link to Voldemort),
> sort of like a television screen in his mind. In this sense, the
> scene isn't deviating from Harry's POV at all; just letting us into
> his mind as usual, but without telling us initially that it's his
> dream.
James:
I'll challenge you on this one. :D It seems to me that the POV in this
chapter is indeed the POV of Frank Bryce. Why? Because Harry's dreams
are always from Voldemort's point of view - as far as we know he's
never had a dream from the POV of someone close to Voldemort or
interfearing with Voldemort. The chapter, as I recall, starts from
Frank's point of view and at the very end merges into Harry's only as
Voldemort kills Frank and Harry wakes up.

And, you know, before this list, I'd never really thought of the POV
in Harry Potter, especially not the few places that it deviates from
the standard.

- James Lawlor
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