Compassionate hero & karmic justice (WAS Re: Appeal of the story to the reader)

[rowena_grunnionffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 175983

> Nita:
>
> > Well, I don't know what you think about interviews, but JKR did say
> > "Griphook was wrong - Gryffindor did not 'steal' the sword, not
unless
> > you are a goblin fanatic and believe that all goblin-made objects
> > really belong to the maker." (
> > http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0730-bloomsbury-chat.html )
>
> lizzyben:
>
> I can't believe she said that! God forbid we might think good
> Gryffindor could ever do something wrong. So, someone from culture A
> buys an object from culture B, w/the understanding that under Culture
> B's laws, that object reverts back to the maker upon the buyer's
> death. Mr. A then decides to bequeath that object to someone else
> instead, keeping the object away from Culture B forever.

Rowena:

  Sooo...basically we are privileging the pov of Culture B over Culture
A why? Because the former is non-human perhaps??

  You are overlooking the fact that, according to Bill, Griphook's is
an extreme minority opinion even among goblins - hence the 'Fanatic'
comment.