[HPforGrownups] Books 6 & 7 - no longer school stories?

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

No: HPFGUIDX 99598

[Wanda]:
| Book 5 took the action outside Hogwarts for big sections of the
| story: Grimauld place, St. Mungo's, the MoM. This pushing out from
| the Hogwarts "home base" had started in GoF, but not nearly to the
| same extent.  I'm wondering if it's going to be impossible for
| Rowling to really contain the story at Hogwarts anymore, and if
| we'll be seeing the main characters moving outside the school for a
| lot of the action in the remaining two books.  In a way, this would
| make sense, as one of the storylines is about how the Voldemort
| threat is breaking out into the wider wizarding world, and even
| further into the muggle world (though that isn't as convincingly
| presented).

[Lee]
I would think that moving outside the boundaries of Hogwarts is not only
possible but makes awfully good writing sense.  If JKR were to keep
wizarding centered at Hogwarts, things would become, indeed, very narrow.
And, as for bringing in the Muggle world...I can't help but feel that
Petunia and Vernon are gonna have to come to grips and deal with the
possibility of Volde's evil.  At best, Petunia may have to swallow her
prejudices and, even if it means doing something behind Vernon's back, she
may be called upon to help Harry in some way.

[Wanda]
| I don't see how Harry can remain at the centre of the
| story if he's stuck at Hogwarts all the time; despite the MANY pages
| devoted to Umbridge's nastiness and the burdens of exam schedules,
| not much of importance actually happened AT Hogwarts in Book 5.  Is
| Rowling going to have to invent one pretext after another for Harry
| to escape in order to fight Voldemort somewhere else?

Not necessarily.  He's got the summers during which time he's probably going
to end up with Ron and crew or with the Order.  Sure, he's not supposed to
use magic, but if life is threatened, well....that's the exception, true?

Also, Christmas Holidays can give him a reason to leave Hogwarts.  Or,
something can happen on a Hogsmeade trip.

Guess I'm saying that she doesn't have to necessarily invent pretexts;
they're kind of built in.

Cheers,

Lee :-)
(Still munching chocolate!)

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