[HPforGrownups] Epilogue (was Re: Ron and Parseltongue)

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 183310

>
>  Shelley:
> > I just find it hokey that Rowling gave Ron this gift last
> > second to be able to wrap up the series.
>

     Lynda:
      I never thought of it as being a "last minute gift" of Ron's. She'd
already established that the Weasley kids, Ron included have mimicry gifts.
And even the non-language gifted among people (me included) can repeat
limited sounds to make a passable attempt at another language (believe me I
know--I sang Habanera this year in my community choir--no French speaker
would have been able to decipher my words but the audience gushed at how
well the choir did--no I was not the soloist).
      Its all a matter of what you choose to believe--did Rowling simply add
stuff on to finish the series, or did she simply choose not to include what
seemed to her to be unnecessary examples of what some of her characters
gifts were until later in the series or only in limited fashion until the
end of the series. I think she chose the latter, and I understand why. It
kept the series moving in a forward direction and did not cause it to be
bogged down with a lot of extra stuff!

Lynda


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