In defense of Molly /Molly's treatment of Arthur

[ongj87]

No: HPFGUIDX 136675

phoenixgod2000 
- Why was it necessary to deconstruct his father the 
hero? What
possible good does it do for the story? So far it hasn't proven to
be much of a major plot point other than to crush Harry. And if it
was done to make him more of a 3-D figure then why hasn't the same
been done for Lily. Why has Lily been kept pristine and lovely while
James was torn down? And not just in the book. In the Mugglenet
interview, she specifically mentions that she considers James's
actions less brave than Lily's. Why was it necessary to qualify
James's actions, what purpose does it serve except to say lessen him
alongside his wife? Why couldn't they have been equally brave in
different ways? Would that have changed the story? It is basically
the only moment in the series where James gets to be great and she
had to go and tear it down. While at the same time, perfect sainted
Lily gets to remain perfect and sainted.

It's disgusting in my view.



Ongj87:
First of all, for someone who is so against the "male bias" of this 
book (which I disagree with), you seem to take this favor of Lily 
over James very sourly, in my opinion.

The seventh book is not out yet, obviously, and we obviously know 
there is something more to Lily than we can see.  There was a 
definite reason why Voldemort was willing to spare Lily's life that 
night, and I don't think they're very pure reasons either.  So we 
can't argue this point fully until the seventh book comes out.

Secondly, this is merely the opinion of JK Rowling as she looks at 
the events she has written.  I doubt she wrote them with a 
purposeful biased, but just how the story flowed.  The circumstances 
she created just happened to give Lily the oppurtunity to make a 
heroic sacrifice.  I'm sure that JK would agree that if James was 
given the same circumstnace, he would have without a doubt done the 
same thing as Lily.  It has nothing to do with character, but with 
the situation, and the situation made it so that Lily had to step up 
the plate, so to speak.  

You will no doubt agree with me in saying that when Harry goes to 
Godric's hollow, he will find out more about his parents.  And I 
have no doubt that Harry's image of being a hero will be reinstated, 
good as new.  The point of breaking the image of a saintly person 
was to just to support a point that JK is trying to make in this 
entire series.  Harry has met many people who have become good 
despite their birth circumstances and past, the following characters 
being only a few examples: Sirius, Remus, Snape, Draco, Hagrid, 
etc.  This whole thing with James is only a piece in the puzzle 
concerning this matter.  No matter what background someone comes 
from, no matter what family they're born into or what they were born 
as, not matter what they've done in the past, people can be given a 
second chance.  And people can change.  Remind you, I say SECOND 
chance.  Third, forth, and so on chances not included (*ahem* did 
you hear that TOM?).


Ongj87.