Problem with OotP? (was: Pampering)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 118728


Renee wrote:
"In a fairy tale you can have a bunch of easily identifiable, no-good
 kids who show their true colours at the age of eleven. In a more 
realistic story, an element like this is somewhat disturbing; it
smacks of predestination. Nor can it be countered by having one or two
'good' Slytherin students - unless these can act successfully as
advocates of the true values of their house (as opposed to all the
Pureblood nonsense) and effect a change in attitude towards their
house in general. Maybe that's what the Sorting Hat's new song is
pointing to. I do hope Book 6 will undermine the idea that one out of
four kids chooses to be a potential terrorist at the age of 11."

Del replies :
I completely agree.

I was particularly dismayed in OoP when not a single Slytherin became
a DA. That points only to 2 possibilities as far as I can see :

- Students from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff don't associate
with the Slytherins. Or at least, those students that became DA don't
associate with Slytherins.

- Some of the DA associate with some Slytherins but those DA members
didn't deem those Slytherins trustworthy enough to tell them about the DA.

In either case, it implies that Slytherin is indeed an evil House out
of which no good can come. Needless to say, I don't like it. And I
REALLY hope a good Slytherin will integrate Harry's circle in HBP (not
necessarily the inner circle -the Group of 6-, but the DA for example).

Del