[HPforGrownups] Request for new topics

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 152378

On 5/17/06, justcarol67 <justcarol67 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  Lately most of the posts on this list have involved attacking or at
> least passing judgment on certain characters, primarily Merope and
> other female characters (and, of course, Snape and Dumbledore). Rather
> than imposing our own standards of behavior and morality on people who
> have no way of knowing what postmodern Muggles think is right or wrong
> and probably would not care if they did know, or arguing about which
> is worse, Ginny's immature hostility to Fleur or Fleur's tactless
> indifference to the family's tastes in food and music, can we try to
> come up with some new ideas that actually help us find meaning in the
> books? Not Horcruxes, please, unless someone can find something new to
> say about them. I could talk about foreshadowing and narrative
> technique, but I'd probably put everyone to sleep.
>
> Ideas, anyone? Any themes we can discuss besides love, revenge, and
> immortality? Can we look at the books themselves instead of our own
> lives and social views?
>
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Hi Carol,
On Off-Topic, Mike asked if there were any threads/essays with the themes
of:
Marginalizing women
Denigrating social activism
Bowdlerizing teenage sexuality

I gave him threads addressing Gender and House Elf Loyalty.  (I had to look
up Bowdgiganticeighteendollarwordwhenabuckfiftywordwouldsufficelerizing)
Perhaps we could address those themes.  Or... I know someone who was a
English prof, maybe she could come up with some fun themes.  I'll email her
off list :)

Kemper, who apologizes if he's contributed to forum agitation.


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