Unlocking the Hidden Pattern (was Part 2)

[sienna291973]

No: HPFGUIDX 93354

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley" 
<dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
Dave wrote:
 
> However, I feel you have to do a little more to make your case.  
The 
> problem is, that these stories abound in parallels, and you have 
to 
> show that they are more frequent, or more thematically 
appropriate, 
> or more structurally embedded, in the pairs of books you have 
> nominated.

Now me:
Agreed.  I think it does require more study.  Perhaps the only time 
we'll actually be able to fully study the pattern used in the books 
will be when all 7 are released.  In the meantime, I think it 
warrants a closer look.

David:
> In the case I have quoted above, you touch on something that has 
> long intrigued me: that in *all* five books, there is a 
> subterraneous element to the climax. 

Me again:
I think there is a lot of potential here for analysis of archetypal 
imagery.  Do you know of anyone who has written an essay on that 
theme?  I would be most interested.  Also, I think there may be more 
than one pattern running through the books.  I've tried to outline 
what I see as one, but I'm open to the theory that a series of them 
actually exist in a kind of overlapping fashion.

Dave:
> I think that, in general, JKR's use of repetition and parallels is 
a very under-explored area, even in a group such as this, and  
surprisingly so, given its obvious predictive application.  

Now me again:
I totally agree. I'd like to see more exploration of the larger 
structural aspects of the story myself.

Anyway... its all food for thought.  I'd love to think that this 
thread could lead to more discussions on this theme (even if it does 
ultimately prove my theory wrong ;))

Sienna
(Who doesn't mind being wrong, but sure enjoys a good discussion)