CHAPDISC: DH, EPILOGUE

[kneazlecat54]

No: HPFGUIDX 185511


> > 1.  Authors sometimes conclude novels with a chapter telling 
readers
> > what happened to the characters after the action of the book
> > concludes <snip>. In writing the epilogue, then, she must have had 
something specific she wanted to achieve or communicate.  What do you 
think that was?
> 
> jkoney:
><snip>I also think she wanted to settle the "great shipping debate." 
Harry is with Ginny and Ron is with Hermione. <snip>

Laura says:

Yeah...good luck with that, JKR.  :-)
<snip>
> > 4. If there is no difference (at least officially) among houses, 
why is there still a Sorting Hat?
> 
> jkoney:
<snip> I'm sure it still puts the smartest 
> people who love to study in Ravenclaw. That way they are with others 
> who are similar to them. <snip>

Laura says:

But do you think that's the best way of sorting?  Canon suggests to me 
that putting people with the same characteristics all in the same 
house results in exaggerating those characteristics to the exclusion 
of other, equally important ones.  It's not a good balance, in my 
view.


Thanks for your comments!