ontongeny recapitulates philogeny?

[Rebecca M]

No: HPFGUIDX 170383

haven't posted here in a while ...

I was re-reading OotP and something struck me that I couldn't figure out how to search 
for to see if it has been discussed ... if it has been discussed, can you have mercy and 
suggest the search terms I can check to find the discussion?

So here's the rather half-formed thought:

At the beginning of OotP, the Sorting hat sings about unity between the houses being the 
answer to troubles.  That theme is sort of picked up, but I'd argue not fully paid off in the 
rest of the book or in HBP.

On page 399 (US hardback) Hermione is asked why she isn't in Ravenclaw (after doing the 
protean charm on the coins).  At the beginning we know that Harry is considered for 
Slytherin.  Ron is the prototypical Gryfindor, from a whole family of the same.  Neville 
certainly seems more of a Hufflepuff.

So are the four somehow recreating the dynamic of the founders?  Will something about 
their interaction play in the way the whole thing gets resolved?


It seems that there are several themes that need to be resolved in DH ...

Harry/Voldemort
Snape/Snape
Relations between the races of magical creatures
Possibly this other one about Hogwarts, the founders, and bringing unity to the different 
threads they represent