[HPforGrownups] Secrets of Harry's past WASRe: On the Issue of "Boys will be Boys" Chapt 14 Disc

[lynde at post.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 190092



Lynda: Obviously, Alla, what you say is right, but I have a major contention here. It was Rowling's right to compose the story in the way she saw fit, just as it is the right of every author to compose their stories in the way they wish. Obviously, seven books later and with the eighth movie nearly out the gate, it worked for her. Very well. And really, I've read many stories written in a very similar formula. It's called digging for the clues and thinking things out, and also, and this is very important, joining the author for the ride, the story that someone else is telling. I know a lot of people on this forum take issue with this idea, but it's true and it's part of reading, or even listening to a story teller or even watching movies or tv. We let others tell their stories to us. We always have the option of not reading, listening or watching, but it's their story and we join them as they tell it.

Lynda







I mean the answer to it always had been rather obvious to me, Harry was indeed being denied by Lupin, Dumbledore and pretty much everything else around him the sense of who he is, but to me it was simply being done for surprise value. That readers were supposed to uncover secrets of Harry's past as the series were coming along. Now do I agree with it? Oh my goodness of course I don't. I think it was cruel and horrible and most importantly unnecessary if you are looking at the story from within. I mean, I do not want to get into whether Dumbledore was right or wrong to tell Harry about explosive stuff, prophecy and all, we are just talking here about who his parents were. I mean, not to tell him all of what you listed makes no sense to me except the author waved her hand and wanted readers to learn it later.

JMO,

Alla







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