DH as Christian Allegory

[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 174769

> Irene:
> 
> One of my theories is that Rowling has planned the ending quite in
advance. And she could not have planned the middle arch of the story
in full details. So during the years of writing the story took her
somewhere, and the characters has developed in unforseen ways. And
then she had to take some artificial measures to bring them back to
the planned route.
> 
> My husband has a different theory, which I find more amusing.
Rowling has confessed to reading some discussion boards, right? So can
you imagine her reaction after HBP: "I gave you super-spy-suave-Snape
in the beginning of the book, I gave you wicked-wizard-Snape in the
end, and still you won't believe he is ESE, which I need for my book 7
surprise?!!! Right, I'm keeping him off page for the most of book 7!
No more confrontations with Harry!" :-)
> 


lizzyben:

It's sort of amusing to me to see JKR's fruitless battles with Snape.
Despite everything, despite her dislike, Snape started to take over
the series. In HBP, he became the most vital, compelling character
while the actual heroes became more superficial & boring. As we now
know, the ending was always supposed to involve Harry beating
Voldemort while the world cheers, so Snape's prominence became a
definite problem. This nasty unlikeable man has more fans than her
heros! What's wrong with people? Right, Snape is staying off-page in DH. 

In a story about how the good heroic Gryfs beat the unworthy, Snape
has been a loud, persistent voice that contradicted the official
narrative. Snape's role in the series has always been as the "bearer
of uncomfortable truths", and given the intended arc of the series, I
can see why he had to be silenced. I sort of like to imagine Snape
off-stage, sputtering. "That's not how it happened at all! Sirius
Black tried to kill me! Oh, so Potter's using Unforgiveables now?"


> Irene:
> 
> Her own answers to the "Which house you'd be sorted into?" only
reinforce this impression. It's usually "I'd like to be in Gryffindor,
but I can only hope I'd be deemed worthy". She always uses the
"worthy" word in this connection.
> 
> Irene
>

lizzyben:

That quote tells me everything I need to know. Gryffindors are
intended to be the moral "elect". All other Houses are "tolerable",
with Slytherins as the "unworthy". So, JKR would agree w/Dumbledore
that the highest compliment one could pay a Slytherin is to say that
he was "sorted too soon...." Sigh. 


lizzyben