[HPforGrownups] Re: It's Guilty!DD all over again (was: New poll for HPforGrownups TBAY: ESE!DD

[Andrew Snee]

No: HPFGUIDX 172001


I'd just like to offer a different point of view about the theory that everything is all part of of Dumbledore's master plan. 

The reason it looks like a plot is because it is a plot -- but it's not DD's plot, or any other character's. It's JKR's plot. Things fall so precisely into place because that's what happens in stories. If you try to attribute it all to a character, DD's the only choice: he's the most powerful character in the book, and he's the only character involved in nearly every aspect of the storyline so far. But in actuality, he's powerful and universally involved because the author needs him to be. Otherwise she wouldn't have a device for telling readers what they need to know. He often functions as a sort of stand-in for the author. 

In short, I think some readers are trying to attribute the machinations of the author to a character. It's actually an interesting question about the "morality" of writing. The author is "evil" in the sense that she puts the characters through a lot of suffering -- and even kills some of them -- all for our enjoyment. Probably every author has felt a bit of a moral pang about a character's suffering, if the character is real enough to him or her. 

Sneeboy2





       
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