JKR excerps from a magazine

[Kathy King]

No: HPFGUIDX 94462


I know that a lot of people enjoy, along with myself, interviews from Jkr. I 
recently bought a magazine, which is a collectors edition of Movie Magic. 
There are a few quotes that (to me) answer a few of the questions that have 
come up in the posts. I am just copying a few excerpts from the article. 
Jkr:

Harry, she continued, is someone forced to make his own choices in life. 
He has very limited access to truly caring adults and he is guided by 
conscience. He makes mistakes, repeatedly, but, like I said, he is 
ultimately guided by his conscience. He is also flanked by two friends. They 
work far better as a team than apart, though Harry tends to be the one who 
has to shoulder most of the burden. He is the true hero in that sense. Then 
theres Hermione, who is really the brain of the outfit, and Ron, who is 
also a very brave character.

Weve had a glut of very realistic, gritty, very bleak books, says 
Rowling. Some of them are brilliantly written, and I think it would be a 
tragedy if they werent being written. Having said that, though, I dont 
think Harry is an entirely frivolous book. There are difficult things that 
we see Harry go through, but its not an issue book in the sense that you 
would sit down after reading it and think about what this books deals with, 
what it attempts to explain. You see Harry coming to terms with things in 
his life, and I hope that all of that is integral to the story. But its not 
meant to be the main thrust of the story.


What I had found interesting was that twice in the first paragraph she 
repeats that Harry is guided by his conscience. Isnt that the little voice 
inside your head, so to speak?

The second paragraph (really the last two lines) was really something to 
think about. Just thought Id ask you fellow posters what you thought.

I am very curious as to what the main thrust of the story is if its not 
about Harry.

Kathy

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