HBP Chapters 27 - 30 post DH look

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No: HPFGUIDX 184534

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat4001" <zarleycat at ...> 
wrote:
> >
> 
> I fully agree.  I confess that the last two books in the series 
>have left me feeling that I'm in a foreign country with no hope of 
>ever understanding the language, especially when the majority of 
>people who have read all seven books seem to be okay with how the 
>arc of the series ended. I fully agree with the idea that an author 
>has the right to take his/her creations in whatever direction makes 
>the most sense to him/her. But, in the grand Harry Potter scheme, 
>I'm not one who is thrilled with where we ended up.
> 
> Having said that, I also have lost any positive feelings I had for 
> Dumbledore after the last book. 
> 
> Marianne
>

I share your feelings, Marianne, to the extent that I'm mostly 
flabbergasted by the number of postive posts I read here. If readers 
have to spend so much time explaining the writer's choices to others 
who have devoted an equal amount of time studying the texts, then it 
can hardly be said that the writer succeeded in telling the tale in 
a manner that was either clear or satisfying.


I, too, feel cheated in having placed my trust in Dumbledore over 
the course of six books (six because I was willing to suspend my 
judgement of him im Sirius's case because of the known corruption in 
the Ministry). If Harry had been a real person, I don't believe that 
he would have ever named his son after either Dumbledore or Snape. I 
think that the author undermined the consistency of her own story in 
having him do so. Why in the world would Harry want to constantly 
remind himself of two of the men responsible for his miserable 
childhood? As well name his son Tom Marvolo!