Changes in Wizarding World Was:A good narrative strategy

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <bob.oliver at c...> 
> 
> I think we will likely see that cooperation on the magical side is
> key.  By that I mean I don't necessarily mean the much discussed
> "unity of houses," although I wouldn't be surprised if we see
> something coming of that, but cooperation among wizards, house 
elves,
> werewolves,goblins, etc.  I think this was set up by Umbridge and 
the
> anti-werewolf legislation, SPEW, and DD's talk in OOTP about the
> Ministry Fountain being a lie.
> 
> What form this will take I don't know.  To tell you the truth, I'm a
> little bit nervous about it, since it seems awfully late in the day 
to
> introduce such major shifts without them seeming forced in terms of
> the plot.  Be that as it may, I think we will see something like 
that
> which is critical in terms of defeating Voldemort.
> 
> I don't think we will see this leading to overall major changes in
> Wizarding society during the actual narrative, more that we will see
> how this cooperation plays out with particular individuals and 
groups.
>  However, we may well see references to outgrowths of this in the 
last
> chapter when JKR gives us an overview of what happens to 
everybody.  I
> wouldn't be surprised to see passing references to overall changes 
in
> the Wizarding ethos over time coming out of the Voldywar experience.
> 

Marianne:

You've hit exactly on my main worry with the direction that I suspect 
JKR is going in with respect to all these other beings that inhabit 
the wizard world.  I hope you are correct that the result of this is 
some sort of cooperation between these groups and the wizards trying 
to defeat Vmort once and for all.  I shudder to think that evil (or 
at least this personification of it) will be defeated through the 
cooperation of all of these groups and that then the wizard world 
will collectively hit itself in the head and say "AHA! We've been 
prejudiced idiots when it comes to our treatment of elves and 
werewolves and goblins, etc.  Let's rectify all our wrongs and herald 
the dawning of a new day!"  Bells ring, people dance in the street,  
everyone is able to banish their long-held prejudices, and a good 
time is had by all.

I think I'd throw up.

However, that seems too neat and too sanitzed for JKR.  I hope so, at 
least.  Maybe the twist she'd have at the end is that people will be 
able to work together to defeat Voldemort, but at the end, nothing 
much changes immediately for those who are constrained by wizard 
society.  Maybe JKR will simply leave us knowing that enough wizards 
exist who see the need for change and that someday in the future, 
beyond the last pages of Book 7, the world will change for the better.

Marianne