GoF CH 7-9 Post DH look

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 181773

 Alla:

> "His mother was blonde too; tall and slim, she would have been nice 
> looking if she hadn't been wearing a look that suggested there was 
a 
> nasty smell under her nose" - p.101
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Okay, I think this is a lovely quote to look back in as to when 
> narrator is right and when he is wrong. He reports quite 
objectively 
> about Narcissa nice facial features, but says that she was wearing 
> that nasty look for that particular reason that narrator is 
probably 
> wrong about.
> For some reason I really liked this one as reflection of something 
> bigger narrative twists ( RE what narrator reports correctly and 
what 
> not).
> 

Magpie:
I don't understand this here. The narrator isn't giving any reason 
for Narcissa's expression. S/he is describing Narcissa as walking 
around looking like there's a bad smell under her nose, s/he's not 
actually thinking there is a bad smell under her nose.

-m