Harry Agonistes (was Re: Ever so evil ? was Dumbledore's role in Sirius' death

[a_reader2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 99167

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

> I know this is your interpretation of this scene, but my
> interpretation is different. This is a classic scene, used
(usually many times) in any good-against-evil novel, of the good hero
> instinctively recognizing evil and opposing it.

(snip)

Perhaps the reason I find it so difficult to explain is that this is
so obvious. This is the first time I bothered to try putting it in
words. I believe most readers just take it for granted. I'm not even
sure that JKR is fully aware of this. Maybe she just writes
what "feels right" to her.

(snip discussion with Pippin)

Neri:
I agree, but again there is a limit to this. You can't draw the line
anywhere you want. Some things are just plainly wrong.



Carolyn:
As I don't agree with your POV, I have been following this thread 
with interest. Whilst I don't mind endless discussion culminating in 
all parties flopping exhausted on the ground totally unconvinced of 
the other party's argument, I do object when broad statements are 
made about what 'most readers think'. 

Not only is this the weakest debating tactic in the book, but I would 
have thought it was *obvious* that nearly 110 000 post later, there 
is not a lot of agreement (on this list at least) about anything, 
ranging from the trivial to the sublime (and this is pretty much the 
same on most such discussion lists). Instead, in time-honoured 
fashion, you are simply projecting your own values, wishes and wants 
on to the books, no less, no more. 

Fortunately, perhaps, the democratic nature of internet groups make 
it impossible for anyone to *win* such debates, and I commend to you 
a salutary, and very funny post from the archives on the nature of 
such discussions:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/77115