[TBAY] Re: ontongeny recapitulates philogeny?

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 170482

 
 


or.phan_ann wrote:
> Ann stares at the repaired parchment,  and smiles. Last time I use 
> Ockham's Razor, she thinks. Now, perhaps  I'll - oh, what have I done 
> wrong now? For the ink is fading from the  parchment. 'Creepy,' Ann 
> says. 'Faith, have a look at  this.'

Bart:
Occam's Razor is, "Do not unnecessarily  multiply entities." Harry 
Potter comes up with an ideal mix of friends. He  is also being 
shepherded along by a master manipulator. Now, either there  was an 
incredible coincidence that he came up with that particular set of  
friends, or the manipulator arranged it. Now, of course, there is yet  
another master manipulator, aka JKR, but I hope that she did not just to  
decide to have an incredible coincidence.


Julie:
I don't think it's an incredible coincidence, not even a mere  coincidence.
Don't most of us come up with an "ideal" mix of friends, people who 
are strong in areas where we are weak, people who fulfill our  specific
needs in friends? That's what attracts people to each other. 
 
Additionally, Ron was really the only friend with whom Harry  bonded 
immediately. It took both of them quite a while to warm up to  Hermione,
and that was because she was around them enough so that they were
able to see past her bossiness and appreciate her other qualities. It's the 
same principle with Neville and the others who have become good  friends
of  Harry's. And it is no coincidence that most of  Harry's friends are in
Gryffindor, because our friends are usually culled from those with  whom
we spend a great deal of time, whether at school, at work, at church,  in
our local neighborhood, etc. (Even if there were "better" friends to be  had
we aren't going to find them if we have no meaningful contact with  them.)
 
I really can't see why it's necessary for Dumbledore to manipulate  Harry
into any friendships. Like all of us, Harry will find the set of  friends 
that fits
him best. As he has.
 
 
Julie 
 
 
 









************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]