Black and white and read all over.

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 116812


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:

<snip most of the content for bandwith reasons, though as always it 
was very entertaining to read - I seldom skip a Kneasy post> 

>And 
> let's not forget, these single book plots are there to lead us to 
the 
> greater plot, the one encompassing the whole series, the one that 
> explains the what and why of the whole kit and caboodle.
> 
> You won't suss that out by sighing over Sirius or frowning at 
Snape. 
> It's conceivable you might by theorising, though.
> Or aren't you interested in that bit?
> 
> Kneasy

Well, what I'm mostly interested in are the things that will 
continue to provide food for thought and debate once I've read Book 
7: Character, ethics, morals & principles, symbolism, narrative 
techniques, what kind of statement the author is making with her 
books, etc. 

Speculating about the plot is of minor interest to me. The various 
theories about future developments I've stumbled across while 
looking for analyses of what we've got so far, range from (mildly) 
interesting, plausible or at least amusing to boring, preposterous 
or annoying. The more complicated, elaborate and vulnerable to 
Occams Razor they are, the more likely it is they'll turn out to be 
wrong. The plot is a vessel; it's not what the Harry Potter books 
are about and after Book 7, it will be about as thrilling as 
yesterday's newspaper. But unless JKR is going to dissapoint her 
grownup readers quite badly, the other aspects will still be worth 
tackling.

My 2 eurocents,
Renée