[HPforGrownups] Re: Victory for TEWWW EWWW

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 173385

lizzyben 
"And the implications of JKR's world-view are pretty bleak. She really was
interested in creating stereotypes, not overcoming them; in dehumanizing the
"other", not accepting it. And when I think of how many horrible things have
come from dehumanizing the other, it makes this series seem almost
malicious."



Sherry now:

Call me crazy or not insightful, but what I took out of the ending was that
JKR was showing us how much the world does not really change after war.
People still hang on to their prejudices and preconceived notions.  I
thought it was very realistic, though disappointing.  I'm a fan of the main
character, so didn't like some of the Slytherin "baddies", but I actually
did hope for house unity and wanted to see the four houses band together to
defend Hogwarts.  I was disappointed it didn't happen.  and yet, after
thinking about it, I thought, this ending is probably far more realistic,
with not much really changing overnight.  Maybe, if we were to see the world
in 30, 40, 50 years, things might have begun to change, but for now, it felt
like something pretty typical after a war.

Sherry