Who is Faith? WAS: Re: What Came First: Task or Cabinet?

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No: HPFGUIDX 157739

Carol:

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> Faith may be the personification of authorial intention, but the
> problem is, authorial intention can't always be determined by what's
> on the page. You have to look at other things, chiefly the 
limitations
> of Harry's pov and the reasons why a character might be providing
> incomplete or misleading information (Hermione suggesting that Tonks
> is suffering from survivor's guilt, for example, or Hagrid saying 
that
> all DEs are from Slytherin) to determine what the author is up to.

Alla:

Ummm, yes, of course. There is the question of degree. I would not 
trust Faith completely, but I sure trust her more than many people ( 
or some people - of course I have no statistics).

As far as I am concerned, she had been proven wrong and she had been 
proven right too. I tend to think that she had been proven right in 
big situations often enough to consider this chick to be rather 
trustworthy to hang out with, often keeping in mind that she tends 
make mistakes too.

I brought it up in the past, but I will say it again - Harry's heart 
saved him in MoM, Harry's ability to feel love, etc - this is on the 
page, that is what Faith believes. I trust her on that. Of course I 
also trust her on many other things, which could be questioned, but 
those are my preferences.

Carol:
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> Absolute truth, right? There it is on the page. And if the Black
> family tapestry is canon, Faith takes it on faith that certain boys 
in
> the Black family fathered children at thirteen.

Alla:

Um, I do trust Faith that author as self-proclaimed is bad at math, 
but this is just minor detail of course, as I said Faith surely can 
be wrong, I just tend to wonder along with her and make mistakes with 
her, rather than question her every time along the way ( not saying 
that questioning her is an invalid way to read, just saying that it 
makes me feel more in sinch with the text when I do that).

There are of course situations when I cannot help but question her. 
Oh well.

 
JMO,

Alla.