[HPforGrownups] Re: Half-Blood Prince

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 183862

Carol:
> > Stll, though, I find it annoying to have to search for
> > explanations as to how a character could have known something.
> > It's like Ron knowing that Draco had a Hand of Glory (which,
> > canonically, he didn't because Lucius refused to by it for him)

Lynda:
What I do not understand is why it is annoying to think, oh, I guess that
Draco either asked his mother for the same thing, or went into town by
himself when he was older and bought himself a Hand of Glory. I have never
understood why some people have to have everything delineated to them to
understand why. After all, real people go back to the store and buy things
or have someone else purchase them for them. Is there any reason that an
author cannot expect the readers of a book to make that same logical leap?

Lynda


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