HP and the Pillar of Storge- Philisophical or Real?

[abigailnus]

No: HPFGUIDX 102931

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <asian_lovr2 at y...> wrote:

> In concept the 'pillar' or strength of family love is great, but the
> previous titles have all referred to REAL objects, ...well, real in books=
.
> 
> "Harry Potter and...
> ... the Philosophers Stone" (an actual stone)
> ... the Chamber of Secrets" (a real chamber in the castle)
> ... the Prisoner of Azkaban" (a real escaped prisoner)
> ... the Goblet of Fire" (a real cup related to the Tri-Wizards Tournement=
)
> ... the Order of the Phoenix" (a real organized group of people)
> 
> and now...
> 
> ... the Pillar of Storge"  [although not officially confirmed yet]

If this is really the title of book 6, then I would indeed expect the 
pillar to be a real artifact.  It does not follow from this that the pillar=
 
is meant to represent love, hold up love, or contain love.  Storgé 
(look!  I made an accent ague!) could simply be the name of the 
object, one that some people (such as overzealous HP fans with an 
itchy Google finger) would be able to see a deeper level of, but that 
understanding wouldn't be necessary to the enjoyment or the 
understanding of the book.  Storgé, in short, could simply be a name.

We've seen this before, of course.  How many times has a breathless 
newbie (and some oldbies) logged on and announced to us that if 
you reverse the text on the Mirror of Erised, you get...  And yet 
there's never an explanation of what Erised means because one 
isn't necessary.  In the Potterverse, Erised is simply a nonsense word.

In summary, I would expect there to be a real pillar, but I wouldn't 
necessarily expect it to be a physical manifestation of storgé.

Abigail