Danger in designating an "Other" / Bad magic

[Angel Lima]

No: HPFGUIDX 174496

Carol:

 

Put another way, the third-person-limited narrator is not the voice of
the author, who knows how the story will work out, but a creation of
the author who describes the sensations, thoughts, perceptions, and
interpretations of the pov-character, in this case, Harry. (Fans have
called this device "the Harry filter.") Like human beings in RL, a
character is limited by his surroundings. Harry and his companions are
isolated in the middle of the book as they have never been before.
Almost their only contact with events outside their microcosm is
Harry's scar.


Angel:

 

I actually disagree.   The reader REALISES that Harry's perception clouds his view because we SEE and HEAR not only what he looks at and listens to but that which he overlooks, mishears and misconstrues.  We are privy to much more than just that which Harry coerces us to misread.  His slant on what he saw was unmissable yet very distinguishable and I think Rowling meant it that way.  It is part of her brilliance - my view of her views does not detract from her bag of tricks.

Maybe it was easier for me as though I followed Harry around I never wore his shoes,  he was never a character that captured my heart unlike the villains except Voldemort who is just too stupid to comprehend and mini minions <g>!  (Ignoring the gasps at what that might say about me! <g>) 

 
What I cannot abide is righteous uppity attitudes.  What I can't stand is righteous uppity attitudes from the flawed! 

I recognise my faults and realise we are all of us imperfect, scarred and erred.  I want the chance for redemption.

 

Harry however was 'portrayed' as above the fray.  It was real in his head but not in the real world, afterall <g>