PS/SS - chapter 1, post DH look

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 180958

Carol:
 Vernon, however,
> provides his own explanation--she looks shocked and angry because 
they
> normally pretend that she doesn't have a sister (7). 

Potioncat:
Stepping out of the topic (PoV) for a moment. How does Vernon's 
thoughts about Petunia's sister in SS/PS fit with what we know in DH--
-that Petunia had sent a vase to Lily? Everything in this book makes 
us think that both Vernon and Petunia feel the same way toward Lily. 
I wonder if that's true? How many witches and wizards did Petunia 
actually know? She spent a fair amount of time as a child with Lily 
and Severus. How well did she know James? My point being, did she 
expect young Harry to be like young Severus?

Carol:
 Her tactic keeps us from knowing too much
> too soon, and, occasionally, keeps us wrong-footed, so that we
> misinterpret the actions and words of characters other than the pov
> character along with him, especially when the pov character is 
Harry.

Potioncat:
I would think that JKR had to think the PoV very carefully, she had 7 
secret-filled books write. There were characters who were keeping 
secrets from each other; JKR was keeping secrets from the readers; 
Sometimes the readers were told more than the characters, and 
sometimes less.

> 
> Carol:
 astounded to have produced seven long paragraphs in response to
> Potioncat's summons

Potioncat:
Who sat down and wrote a longer reply to your lovely post---then 
realized I'd had done no more than repeat your points. So I've 
deleted everything but the two sections above. 

I'll add this question, (not just to Carol) Does JKR's use of PoV 
change over the course of the 7 books. Has she used it differently in 
DH than in SS/PS? Does her use of PoV in chapter one of DH work the 
same way it does in SS/PS?