Plot in OotP (wand confusion)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 118540


Katrina wrote:
> I hope I'm not guilty of over-snippage here, but wanted to chime in
> on the perspective issue.
> 
> I once read a description of this that I thought was quite
> accurate. While the narrator is indeed the third person, the reader
> is always subject to the "Harry Filter" which puts blinders on what
> we are able to perceive about the Potterverse.
> 
> Kim responded:
> I agree with what you wrote, except for the word "always."  I don't 
> think Harry filters everything.  When he does and when he doesn't is 
> of course debatable.


Carol notes:
FWIW, here's a link to one of my fairly recent posts on the topic of
JKR's limited omniscient narrator and his (or her) occasional
unreliability. There are others on the same topic if anyone wants to
brave Yahoo!mort to find them:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/116981

Carol