Comments on: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/ Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:04:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bill http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/comment-page-1/#comment-20129 bill Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:22:14 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/#comment-20129 i loved harry potter series till the deathly hallows was published,really i was shocked the way it ended up -JKR said only partialtongue can make the chamber of secret open but ron got inside by mere copying harry, if it really was so easy then i think any one can learn it,there was no need of having slethring blood in you. what shook me most was fred's death. she has not given any kind of message in this but merely stated if luck is on your side you could do anything. she kept voldemort such a terror that even the whole wizarding community could not do any thing but at last he died by his own spell,it is sucking honestly. i loved harry potter series till the deathly hallows was published,really i was shocked the way it ended up -JKR said only partialtongue can make the chamber of secret open but ron got inside by mere copying harry, if it really was so easy then i think any one can learn it,there was no need of having slethring blood in you.
what shook me most was fred’s death.
she has not given any kind of message in this but merely stated if luck is on your side you could do anything.
she kept voldemort such a terror that even the whole wizarding community could not do any thing but at last he died by his own spell,it is sucking honestly.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/comment-page-1/#comment-20128 Anonymous Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:07:31 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/#comment-20128 deathly hallow was o.k- but some part of it really irritated me for tnstance you take-death of abrave man like snape in such acowardly way was shocking! and the'good side' people are far too good to use death spells on even death eaters even when their own children are dying .lupins and tonks death was not necessary thendeath of fred the best 'harry potte' character is the most horrible part .its the first time JKR was not able to fit in everything properly. deathly hallow was o.k- but some part of it really irritated me for tnstance you take-death of abrave man like snape in such acowardly way was shocking!
and the’good side’ people are far too good to use death spells on even death eaters even when their own children are dying .lupins and tonks death was not necessary thendeath of fred the best ‘harry potte’ character is the most horrible part .its the first time JKR was not able to fit in everything properly.

]]> By: Shari http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19995 Shari Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:29:31 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/#comment-19995 Sean, the versions Luis has of the first two books are out-dated. You should wait for the edited versions, especially of book 1 (which has been revised greatly). The second edit of the first book is actually currently underway and it should be tightened up further. As for your opinion of the Deathly Hallows book, I agree with some of it but I do believe Voldemort's death was orchestrated to allow Harry to avoid killing him outright, both so he wouldn't have to feel like a killer and because Harry really did not have the wizarding skills to do it. She painted herself into a corner when she killed off Dumbledore to have Harry fight Voldemort alone. There was no way he could win aside from some sort of gimmick - the same sort that allowed him to survive as an infant. Sean, the versions Luis has of the first two books are out-dated. You should wait for the edited versions, especially of book 1 (which has been revised greatly). The second edit of the first book is actually currently underway and it should be tightened up further.

As for your opinion of the Deathly Hallows book, I agree with some of it but I do believe Voldemort’s death was orchestrated to allow Harry to avoid killing him outright, both so he wouldn’t have to feel like a killer and because Harry really did not have the wizarding skills to do it. She painted herself into a corner when she killed off Dumbledore to have Harry fight Voldemort alone. There was no way he could win aside from some sort of gimmick – the same sort that allowed him to survive as an infant.

]]> By: Sean P Aune http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19994 Sean P Aune Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:11:18 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/#comment-19994 Jack - Yeah, we'll just agree to disagree. I have a laundry list of reasons why I don't agree with the Pensive chapter, and when it took place. He needed the info, but... oh well. And you know I'll always listen to your opinion without considering it a fight *laugh* Jack – Yeah, we’ll just agree to disagree. I have a laundry list of reasons why I don’t agree with the Pensive chapter, and when it took place. He needed the info, but… oh well.

And you know I’ll always listen to your opinion without considering it a fight *laugh*

]]> By: Sean P Aune http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19993 Sean P Aune Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:03:01 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/#comment-19993 Luis - I downloaded them, but haven't had a chance to read them yet. Luis – I downloaded them, but haven’t had a chance to read them yet.

]]> By: Jack http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19990 Jack Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:41:14 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/#comment-19990 Add this to our "we're just gonna disagree" list, Sean. Which is not to say that this book, or Harry Potter in general, is brilliant stuff. Just off the top of my head, Pullman and Le Guin and L'Engle did about a zillion times better in their respective chidren's series. That said, I thought Rowling did a pretty good job of pulling stuff together. Yes, the tent-sitting thing is a real and valid complaint about pacing, but I disagree about the pacing of the Snape reveal. It seemed exactly, dead-on right. The Potter books aren't action movies; they ultimately ARE about character, and that's the bit that finally makes Snape make sense, and, really, makes Snape into the real tragic hero of the whole bit. Which was the point. The final battle thing is also a bugaboo, IMO. The final battle between Harry and Voldemort wasn't a battle; it was a playing out of inevitability, based on what led up to it and the characters of those involved. The proximate cause of Voldemort's death is a backfire, but the real cause was arrogance and fear and an utter incomprehension of love. How *should* Voldemort die, anyway? Stabbed through the chest with the sword of Griffindor? Voldemort's death works thematically; it's not cathartic, in precisely the same way that Sauron's off-screen death in LotR isn't cathartic. There's a good reason for that: both of these books want us to distrust catharsis. I could go on, but I'm not trying to start a fight. I'm not trying to convince you to change your mind. Thought I'd point out another perspective, though. Jack Add this to our “we’re just gonna disagree” list, Sean.

Which is not to say that this book, or Harry Potter in general, is brilliant stuff. Just off the top of my head, Pullman and Le Guin and L’Engle did about a zillion times better in their respective chidren’s series.

That said, I thought Rowling did a pretty good job of pulling stuff together. Yes, the tent-sitting thing is a real and valid complaint about pacing, but I disagree about the pacing of the Snape reveal. It seemed exactly, dead-on right. The Potter books aren’t action movies; they ultimately ARE about character, and that’s the bit that finally makes Snape make sense, and, really, makes Snape into the real tragic hero of the whole bit. Which was the point.

The final battle thing is also a bugaboo, IMO. The final battle between Harry and Voldemort wasn’t a battle; it was a playing out of inevitability, based on what led up to it and the characters of those involved. The proximate cause of Voldemort’s death is a backfire, but the real cause was arrogance and fear and an utter incomprehension of love.

How *should* Voldemort die, anyway? Stabbed through the chest with the sword of Griffindor? Voldemort’s death works thematically; it’s not cathartic, in precisely the same way that Sauron’s off-screen death in LotR isn’t cathartic. There’s a good reason for that: both of these books want us to distrust catharsis.

I could go on, but I’m not trying to start a fight. I’m not trying to convince you to change your mind. Thought I’d point out another perspective, though.

Jack

]]> By: Luis http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19984 Luis Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:03:53 +0000 http://www.seanpaune.com/2007/09/23/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-2/#comment-19984 Sorry, I forget--did you read my brother's books? Just curious. Sorry, I forget–did you read my brother’s books? Just curious.

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