[HPforGrownups] Re: Chapter Fourteen of HBP; aka Lupinlore's Big OOPS

[theotokos]

No: HPFGUIDX 128702

Lupinlore: [snip]Also, JKR has a very negative view of government.[snip]
 
Theotokos:   How do you know this?  I don't recall hearing her speak of a general negativity toward government.

GEO: However her portrayal of the Ministry in general is usually quite negative and we see throughout the series the rampant corruption[snip examples of government corruption] disregard for the personal rights of the citizens[snip examples of more corruption] and being generally 
ineffective and unresponsive[snip] 
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Theotokos again:
 
Yes, but that is her writing.  It makes good drama as well as creates more defined boundaries of decency.  When someone says, "JKR has a very negative view of government." it means JKR, not the world JKR created.  Satire can be used in many ways to make varying points without the satirist being necessarily cynical.  In fact some of the greatest satirist I know are very hopeful which is why corruptions sticks out so blatantly for them.  But noticing a corruption doesn't lead a logical and intelligent person to conclude it must all be corrupted. We may say what we want about whatever message she may be trying to send in her literature, but unless we have evidence of her views on government (or anything else RL) I think we should leave it alone.  Once she puts it out there in an interview or on her website then we may use her words in an analysis of the book.  Until that time, I think it is taking liberties where they shouldn't be taken.
 
Theotokos
 

greatelderone <greatelderone at yahoo.com> wrote:
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, theotokos 
<theotokos_8679 at s...> wrote:
> Lupinlore again:
> 
> She might find 
> having a simpleton chosen for Minister at the moment of crisis to 
be amusing, and perhaps even true to life (speculating on her views 
> here, not stating my own).
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Theotokos

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