Comments on: Narrative Misdirection Explained and Illustrated: Harry Doesn’t Ask Enough Questions http://thehogshead.org/narrative-misdirection-explained-and-illustrated-harry-doesnt-ask-enough-questions-129/ Harry Potter News and Commentary Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:26:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Crystal http://thehogshead.org/narrative-misdirection-explained-and-illustrated-harry-doesnt-ask-enough-questions-129/comment-page-1/#comment-133558 Crystal Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:53:16 +0000 http://swordofgryffindor.com/2006/05/11/narrative-misdirection-explained-and-illustrated-harry-doesnt-ask-enough-questions/#comment-133558 Wondering if you can help me out....Dumbledore has stated on a few occasions that Harry must go back to Privet Drive for Harrys protection. Now is this protection as in something similar to a secret keeper (as in Vol. can't find him at Privet Drive so he is safe while he is there) or is this to do with the protection that his mother has passed on to him? or something compleatly different? If it is the magic that is prtecting him that passed on from his mother why would it run out when he becomes of age? Wondering if you can help me out….Dumbledore has stated on a few occasions that Harry must go back to Privet Drive for Harrys protection. Now is this protection as in something similar to a secret keeper (as in Vol. can’t find him at Privet Drive so he is safe while he is there) or is this to do with the protection that his mother has passed on to him? or something compleatly different? If it is the magic that is prtecting him that passed on from his mother why would it run out when he becomes of age?

]]> By: Travis Prinzi http://thehogshead.org/narrative-misdirection-explained-and-illustrated-harry-doesnt-ask-enough-questions-129/comment-page-1/#comment-1341 Travis Prinzi Sat, 13 May 2006 13:44:10 +0000 http://swordofgryffindor.com/2006/05/11/narrative-misdirection-explained-and-illustrated-harry-doesnt-ask-enough-questions/#comment-1341 Jo, excellent points. It was frustrating to watch everyone kind of shaking off Harry's questions and theories. But, after all, we've all learned by this point that when Harry gets a theory about something, it's probably wrong. So it makes sense. I think it was another way that JKR fooled us all - Harry's theory about Malfoy was right! (Except that we don't yet know whether or not he's actually a Death Eater). Jo, excellent points. It was frustrating to watch everyone kind of shaking off Harry’s questions and theories. But, after all, we’ve all learned by this point that when Harry gets a theory about something, it’s probably wrong. So it makes sense. I think it was another way that JKR fooled us all – Harry’s theory about Malfoy was right! (Except that we don’t yet know whether or not he’s actually a Death Eater).

]]> By: jkr2 http://thehogshead.org/narrative-misdirection-explained-and-illustrated-harry-doesnt-ask-enough-questions-129/comment-page-1/#comment-1320 jkr2 Fri, 12 May 2006 23:24:46 +0000 http://swordofgryffindor.com/2006/05/11/narrative-misdirection-explained-and-illustrated-harry-doesnt-ask-enough-questions/#comment-1320 remember though, this is one of the first lessons that harry was taught by aunt petunia - "don't ask questions". he learnt not to ask. he learnt to not trust the adults in his life. so even though he has this great affection for, and even trust in dumbledore, and sirius and the weasleys it often doesn't occur to him to actually go and ask. i think that is very clever of jkr to build that into his character as it serves the way the story unfolds. it's one thing in HBP i was frustrated on his behalf. he was finally bringing his concerns to the adults and wasn't acknowledged enough for how big a step this was for him, and then those concerns were pretty much dismissed out of hand (from his point of view anyway)confirming the idea that he had to take matters into his own hands. such a great layer to the telling of the story imo. cheers, jo remember though, this is one of the first lessons that harry was taught by aunt petunia – “don’t ask questions”.
he learnt not to ask. he learnt to not trust the adults in his life. so even though he has this great affection for, and even trust in dumbledore, and sirius and the weasleys it often doesn’t occur to him to actually go and ask.
i think that is very clever of jkr to build that into his character as it serves the way the story unfolds.

it’s one thing in HBP i was frustrated on his behalf. he was finally bringing his concerns to the adults and wasn’t acknowledged enough for how big a step this was for him, and then those concerns were pretty much dismissed out of hand (from his point of view anyway)confirming the idea that he had to take matters into his own hands.
such a great layer to the telling of the story imo.

cheers,
jo

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