Explain This Passage

Geoff Bannister gbannister10 at tiscali.co.uk
Thu Jan 10 13:40:32 UTC 2008


No: HPFGUIDX 180554

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
>
>  
> > Julie:
> snip  
> > So in the WW you aren't pureblood if your blood is "tainted" by the  
> presence
> > of a Muggle or Muggleborn within two generations. So it seems to  me. 
> Though
> > I'm not sure JKR ever specified such, I did get the  impression she 
> was in 
> > fact
> > alluding to Nazi Germany and Aryan supremacy with the whole  Pureblood
> > supremacy issue.
> 
> Potioncat:
> 
> Sorry that I can't provide it, but there is a JKR quote about the 
> Pureblood / Half-blood markers and Nazi Germany's markers for blood 
> lines. She says something about being surprised at how closely they 
> lined up.

Geoff:
If you go to JKR's website and then to FAQ -About the books, I think the 
reference you want is about the 49th item on the list....






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