The secrecy motif

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 179981

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bob Connors <bobjtc at ...> wrote:
>
> snip
> Montavilla47:
> You're reminding me, Lizzyben, of a rumor that JKR had to squash 
> early on--that the series would end with the Wizards doing away 
> with the Statute of Secrecy and reintegrating with the Muggle 
> world.
> 
> I think that rumor may have started because that is the natural
> happy ending, isn't it? The bigotry can't really start to heal 
> until the Wizards and Muggles really start to mix together. 
> 
> Bob- 
> Isn't it sort of a two way street there? Isn't it not only that 
> Wizards etc. look at Muggles as being inferior, but also that 
> Muggles FEAR the Wizards?
> 
> Yes, it would be great for that all to go away, but talk about 
> a major paradigm shift, for everyone.  A little bit much for a 
> book, or even a series of books to pull off.
> 
> Bob


Montavilla47:
I don't disagree with you, Bob.  Yes, it's a two-way street.

But... how can the Muggles fear the wizards when they don't
even know that Wizards exist?