The 'Seeming' Reality

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Wynnleaf: 
> I am certainly expecting to see that Harry and the narrator have 
> been misdirecting us about Snape.  What I'm very curious to see is 
> whether or not JKR is misdirecting us about somethings utterly 
> unexpected, as well.  


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Yes, well, the HP series isn't just about Snape, is it?

Oh, my. The room is spinning. I think I'd better sit down. What did I 
just say?

I'm enjoying this thread, Wynnleaf. It is a companion piece, sort of, 
to Just Carol's Narrator and PoV posts. (I'm embarrassed to say that 
I can't ever remember the name of this type of narrator, but it 
always sets folks off if they don't know it's the name of a device 
and not a slur against Harry.)

I love Austen. There is always a surprise or two. We have JKR's word 
that she likes doing the same thing, so we are fore-warned. Many of us
do think something surprising will come up about Snape---I mean, we 
think even more surprising revelations will come about.

But there are so many other potential areas of twists: the Prophecy, 
Love-as-a-Force, the Horcruxes, RAB, Lupin, Pettigrew, Big Blond DE---
I'm sure there are more. JKR must be having a blast right now! 
Whatever may happen to Snape, I'm sure she has several little 
surprises for us. Of course, some of us may figure some of them out. 

In the chapter discussions, a lot of readers were fooled by the DADA 
teacher twist while others (Me, me!) had it figured out. On the other 
hand, I was completely fooled by Harry's (not) spiking the pumpkin 
juice while other readers weren't taken in at all.

>From Austen to mysteries. I don't usually chose murder mysteries, so 
maybe it's just part and parcel of that genre, but I just read a book 
with a huge example of these sort of twists. In some case the main 
character's PoV was tricking us and in some cases, we weren't let in 
on something the main character knew. The author is Joanne Harris and 
it takes place in a boys' school in England. It's hard not to compare 
that sort of setting with Hogwarts, but I really lost it when the 
Headmaster became fixated on socks.

If anyone reads it. Email me off list. I'd like to hear your 
reactions. ("Gentlemen and Players" is the book.)