[HPforGrownups] Re: Character Driven or Plot Driven

[Laura Lynn Walsh]

No: HPFGUIDX 155312

>Magpie:
>
>Orson Scott Card has a way of breaking down stories into four
>different types: Milieu, Idea, Character or Event. HP as a series
>is an Event Story, a story driven by something wrong in the world
>that must be made right, like the return of an evil thought to be
>dead (Voldemort). Within that there can be lots of other types of
>stories going on. The individual books are all Idea stories--
>stories about a secret that's eventually revealed: ...

Finally, something that seems to bring together what others
have been telling me.  These categories make more sense to
me than the plot driven/character driven dichotomy.  I suppose
the plot driven part is closest to "Idea" or "Event".

>In fact,
>there's not a lot of character development if by development one
>means that a character develops and changes.

I don't see this as much.  I think all three of the trio develop
and change throughout the books.

>Still even character development is more often put across in terms
>of plot rather than a detailed study in the narrative. A change in a
>character is a twist. Even Harry's love life is first presented in
>HBP as a mystery with clues to watch for, with little time
>dissecting his feelings.
>
>-m

Yes, I can see that character development often leads to plot
twists.  Hermione's acceptance of some degree of rule-breaking
leads to friendship between her and Harry and Ron.  Harry's
recognition that he is unwilling to kill Sirius in PA leads to the
other revelations about him.

Thank you.
Laura
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