[HPforGrownups] Re: Further Notes on Literary Uses of Magic and Anti-Globalization in Harry Pott

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 168221

> Betsy Hp:
> Huh?  Faramir *betrayed* his family?  (I could well be mis-
> remembering here.  I'm not nearly as knowledgable about the LotR
> series as others on this list.  I'll be interested to hear if this is
> correct.)

Magpie:
I would never think of Faramir as betraying his father. He disagrees with 
him. It seems like there's a big difference between doing something somebody 
doesn't want you to do and actual betrayal. Faramir and his father are on 
the same side throughout. Faramir just thinks it's more important to do 
what's right than to follow his father's wishes on this thing.

I get the same impression as you do about the families in the Potterverse, 
though, that families are important. The hatred in the Black family seems 
like something that generally caused pain and misery and death for all 
involved. And I wouldn't be surprised if JKR intentionally had Draco look 
after his family's interest. Dumbledore is offering to protect all three of 
them, perhaps only to get Draco. But I did get the feeling that Rowling was 
for once showing how Draco's love for his family could be a strength and 
maybe wouldn't consider it a step in the right direction for him to want to 
ditch them, as he often does in fanfic.

-m