[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPDISC: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Ch. 19: The Silver Doe

[Laura Lynn Walsh]

No: HPFGUIDX 182738


On 2008, Apr 29, , at 21:01, Blair wrote:

>> 2.  What did you think initially of the appearance of the silver
>> doe?  Did you perceive clues (either on initial reading or rereading)
>> pointing to the identity of the doe?  Was it intended, in your view,
>> as misdirection?  Was it effective?  Does it seem odd that Harry did
>> not attempt to identify the doe?
>
> Oryomai:
> I had no idea where the silver doe had come from.  It never crossed my
> mind that it was Severus.  I still had hope that he was on the side of
> good, but I imagined him having a "darker" Patronus...actually, I
> didn't believe he had any happy memories from which to make one.  On a
> personal note, I have to say that Lily being represented by the doe
> because James was a stag is offensive to me -- I don't think she
> should be defined by her relationship to James alone.  But I  
> digress...

Is there any reason to believe that Lily modeled her Patronus after
James?  What if she learned to do the Patronus charm first and
James chose the stag to woo her?  In several scenes that we see,
James is trying to get Lily's attention while she seems uninterested.

LauraW
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Laura Lynn Walsh    lwalsh at acsalaska.net
http://llwcontemplations.blogspot.com



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