CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 1: Owl Post

[AmanitaMuscaria]

No: HPFGUIDX 189454



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, No Limberger <no.limberger at ...> wrote:
> >Zara wrote:
> >4) This chapter includes information relevant to the relationship between
> the Muggle
> >and Wizard worlds, including Harry's History essay on witch burnings and
> Ron's
> >ignorance of the proper use of a telephone. What light do these details
> shed on
> >your understanding of this relationship?
> 
> No.Limberger responds:
> Though a wizard, Harry was raised most of his life in the muggle world and
> knows
> it well, unlike Ron who was never exposed or used objects common to
> muggles. Given how common and widely-used phones are, it's a way for JKR
> to demonstrate just how unfamiliar wizards are of the muggle world.
> 

AmanitaMuscaria now - The witch-burning thing I found very difficult -  while Wendolyn the Weird was enjoying the tickling sensation of the flames, real-world Muggle witches would have no such experience. It was my first jolt of reality impinging on JKR's world, and it was a very unpleasant one. It was incomparable with the later scene of Harry and Dudley getting back to Privet Drive after their encounter with the Dementors.