Readers in the WW (was: JKR and "Think of the Children!")

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 162112


> Betsy Hp:
> Harry reads his school books, yes.  But no canon has been presented 
> to show that Harry reads for the pleasure of reading.  And he 
> certainly doesn't read any fiction (and fiction does not mean just 
> fantasy, to be clear).  Ergo, he is not a reader; he is not a book-
> lover. (Which, as Magpie pointed out, does not suggest that Harry 
is 
> illiterate.)  And that's *fine*.  So yes, the scramble still amuses.


Potioncat:
Guilty as charged (of scrambling) Though I'm not sure why. So, 
instead I can say, the more noble character is Snape, who appears to 
particularly value books.

The point was funny, that the narrator makes the connection of Dudley 
not reading but leaves it to us to realise that Harry doesn't read 
either. (I have that right, don't I?) 

It's another one of the contradictions we get in this series.  We can 
make fun of Marge and Vernon's weight, but we don't like it when 
Draco makes fun of Molly. We look down on Crabbe's and Goyles 
gluttony, yet we smile at Ron's. It's OK for Sprout to give Harry 
points, just because, but it isn't ok for Snape to favor Draco.

I'm not sure if JKR is setting us up, or if she's revealing something 
she doesn't intend to.