CHAPT DISC: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 13: Gryffindo...

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 190057

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

Carol: 
> Exactly. It's a literary technique called allusion. 
 
> http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm
 
> The author expects the reader to make the connection between Trelawney, via her grandmother Cassandra, and the mythical Cassandra. It's not an exact parallel, of course, but JKR chooses her names for a reason. (Remus Lupin is a good example; the astute reader should see a connection with wolves in his name but again, not an exact parallel.) 

Geoff:
She was too darned clever for her own good on that one.
:-(

To me, lupin is a flower my father grew when I was a child. I
just don't link up with lupine wolf-like) in my tiny mind.