[HPforGrownups] Re: Age of Majority

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 155242

> Carol:
>
> > By the same token, Harry will become a "man" on July 31. The
> > protective magic on the Dursleys' house will expire and he'll be an
> > "adult" when he confronts Voldemort. (Ron and Hermione are already
> > ostensibly adults, as were Fred and George when they were expelled
> > from Hogwarts.)
> >
> > So, yes, it's all arbitrary, in RL or the WW. But why did JKR choose
> > 17 instead of 18 as the age of majority in the WW? I think it's
> > because she gave Harry her own birthday (conveniently making him a
> > single age throughout each school year, 11 in year 1, 12 in year 2 and
> > so on). Even though there's apparently not going to be a year 7 at
> > Hogwarts (unless JKR is messing with our expectations, which I
> > wouldn't put past her), Harry will still be 17 for most of Book 7.
> > IMO, she wants him to be a "man" when he confronts and defeats
> > Voldemort, and in order to do that, given his birthday, she had to
> > make 17 the age of majority in the WW.
>
>
> Geoff:
> If I might be infuriatingly, nastily and pedantically pedantic, the cut-off
> date for admission to a specific school year in the UK is 31st August, so
> he isn't a single age throughout each school year, so there.
> :-)
>
>
> 


Kemper now:
Geoff, you weren't nasty or pedantic, but you were infuriatingly unclear.

Are you saying that Harry wasn't the same whole-number age from the
ever-Monday September 1 to June 30 of each year he's attended
Hogwarts?

I don't get it.  American it down for me.  Please.
:-D

Kemper, agreeing with Carol that Harry is 11 throughout the SCHOOL
year of PS and that he'll be 17 throughout the SCHOOL year in the
upcoming book whether he's actually in school or not.