[stylist] Discrepancies in Harry Potter

[Donna Hill]

Bridgit,
My opinion on the Moody's eye/Harry's cloak is that this is not a
discrepancy. The belief that an invisibility cloak is impenetrable is
wide-spread in the wizarding community. The properties of Moody's eye are
not common knowledge. Remember that he was essentially a member of the
wizard CIA with the access to high tech tools which that implies.
Furthermore, in not initially giving the reader the knowledge about this
exception, Rowling ensures that the revelation of this fact is more dramatic
when it occurs. Withholding information is just as important in fiction as
revealing it.
Donna

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Subject: [stylist] Discrepancies in Harry Potter

Eve,

I took a class about the Harry Potter books while at university. The
instructor was awed by the response to HP by the young and old alike, so she
decided to teach a class on it. We read all the books in a semester, having
to provide discussions based on a variety of topics each week.
The instructor also posted other sources giving literary and historical
background and context to much of the material Rowling borrows from and
references in the novels. We had to write a character analysis for a final
project; I chose Bellatrix.

Anyway, I read the books via audio from what is now Learning Aly, and I
caught several mistakes like the one you mention about the wand. I pointed
these out during classes, and it was surprising how many never noticed them.
Some were reading books with the corrections, but many had editions similar
to mine.

Another mistake I pointed out was that it's stated nothing and no one,
including Death, can see through Harry's invisibility cloak, yet Professor
Moody is able to see Harry while under it with his magic eye.

Another discrepancy I noticed had something to do with the Hallows, but I
can't remember now what it was.

Also, Rowling really loves ellipses. Is it a British thing? Noticed a ton of
them though.

Bridgit
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:55:45 -0700
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Donna, You bring up a good point. I own just about every type of publication
that is Harry Potter and had read the books many many times while I was
still able. The first time I was listening to the NLS versions I was shocked
to find the mistakes and dialogue changes. I have always wondered about the
Braille copies. Are they like the audio copies or like the printed books?
There is a big difference and the mistakes I found, actually affect the
story for us true followers. Mainly I am speaking of Incantado. The NLS
version had the people coming out of the wand in the wrong order and the
dialogue was changed. This is an important part as it is explained later and
comes up again and again.
)0( Eve


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