for whom are the books named?

[Jocelyn Berger-Barrera]

No: HPFGUIDX 134303

Sherry Gomes wrote:

> this series is about Harry Potter.  oh sure, it's also about Dumbledore,
> Ron, Hermione, the Weasleys, Lupin, Sirius, Draco, Snape and Voldemort.
> Among many others.  but in the end, it is Harry's story.

Jocelyn:
  It has always been Harry's story - from the beginning until Half-Blood 
Prince.  This has been consistent and I suspect will continue in book 
7.  This is true.

> Harry is the hero.  Snape isn't the hero.  Hermione isn't the hero.  Sure,
> in a side kick sort of way she is, just as much as Ron or any of Harry's
> other friends.  just as the Fellowship is in LOTR. 

Jocelyn:
  You bring up LOTR, so I 'll go with that. Frodo would never have 
managed to destroy the ring without major help from Stryder, Boromir, 
Sam, and even Smeegol (sp?).  To the last he had very powerful people 
working to set the stage for Frodo, as the Ring Bearer, to destroy the 
ring.  Without Smeegol, he would have failed.  Snape is one of the 
heros, who, like stryder or Sam, will help Harry get to the top of the 
mountain, or battle a mortal Voldemort - once the hocruxes are destroyed. 
   
   That's part of why we all seem so Snape-Obsessed.  From a writer's 
viewpoint, one could also add that Snape's actions were to varying 
degrees shocking, unexpected, and dramatic.  Hence,  he was 
interesting.  Harry will get more attention in the next book, but, in 
book 6, he was simply Harry.