JKR dealing with Moral Issues (was Re: Hogwarts detentions)

[TK Kenyon]

No: HPFGUIDX 162664

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <rdoliver30 at ...> 
wrote:
> Lupinlore, who suspects that the last book will complete the utter 
> trainwreck begun in OOTP, but who thinks the blood may spatter in 
> amusing patterns
>
Oh, Lupinlore, I'm afraid that I agree with you! I was one of those 
who were sadly deluded, and so much of HBP didn't jibe with what I 
thought was going to happen. 

I think part of the problem may lie in the state of postmodern 
literature, rather than only with the HP saga. It seems like most 
novels these days are more interested with tearing the 
characters/premise apart, and less interested in resolution. For 
example, Franzen's The Corrections was a huge tome about how 4 
people's lives were destroyed by their father who was (gasp!) 
emotionally unavailable. The problem was torn apart and dissected ad 
infinatum, (there's a spell that HP needs!) but there was resolution 
or attempt to put it back together in a new equilibrium. 

In HP, the first four books were Harry learning about the whole 
Voldemort problem, and ended with the return of Voldy (the climax or 
fulcrum of the overall series). That's the dissection of the 
problem. The last 3 books should, according to basic 5 act plot 
structure, be the falling action and resolution, which means 
reestablishing a new equilibrium. JKR has ver little precendent to 
work with, and she's feeling her way through it. 

I agree that OotP and HBP were like watching a slow motion train 
wreck with the conductor throwing us knowing little asides. I hope 
that HP7 won't be the final fiery crash of the series that I 
absolutely love. 

There was so much philosophy and deeper questions in the first 4 
books, it makes me wonder if she just dug her hole too deep and 
can't get out in merely 3 more books (2500 pages). 

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