[HPforGrownups] Re: In defense of Molly /Molly's treatment of Arthur

[RoxyElliot at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 136723

 
 
In a message dated 8/5/2005 11:34:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jmrazo at hotmail.com writes:

Bias  *against* men, not bias towards them. Hence the sourness over 
James being  supposedly less brave.


I've spent years defending Rowling to my fellow feminists.  Why  is the main 
character a boy?  Why is Hermione such a goodie goodie?   Why do mothers come 
off so stereotypical.  It's comical to see that while  some read the books and 
see a bias against women others see a bias against  men.
 
Human beings aren't perfect, neither are their relationships.  Good  
characters and their relationships shouldn't be either.  Otherwise the  story would be 
boring.
 
We don't know nearly enough about Harry's parents to jump to any  
conclusions.  I wish we'd learned more about them in HBP, but I hope that  information 
comes in the next book.  Rowling doesn't preach in her  books.  She's never 
going to make everyone happy and thank goodness for the  readers that she doesn't 
try.  
 
Roxanne
http://Caffeinatedgeekgirl.typepad.com


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