Medieval attitudes was Saving Harry

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 137687

Lupinlore:
> 
> Unfortunately, JKR does seem to slavishly follow certain standard 
> patterns.  One hopes, however, that she is creative enough not to 
> follow them to their dreary end.  If she does, I would say she
knows 
> a great deal about how to tell a story in the Middle Ages.  Her 
> ability to tell a satisfying and meaningful story to a modern 
> audience is sadly somewhat lacking, however.


Pippin:
ROTFLMAO! At last we know the secret of Jo's success. She's boring
and lacks the ability to tell a satisfying and meaningful story. I'm
glad we got that cleared up :-)

Seriously, using a medieval formula doesn't mean that you have a
medieval message. For example, the medieval mind held that 
earthly laws were a reflection of divine order, while many modern 
thinkers see them as  inventions adopted by societies in order 
to meet their needs.

To the middle ages, where earthly laws differed from what they
considered to be the heavenly law, it was not a reflection of 
different needs,   it was just wrong. 

 Which view of law do you see in Jo's work?

Pippin