A lot of the children's games, when they were little, were verbal. They created stories with each other, collaborating on elaborate worlds. Pez was the most famous. This semester they are taking a creative writing class and it began with a demonstration on character development. And a homework assignment to develop a character. Which has led to lots of interesting discussion and reminiscing about Pez characters and character development in general. The process should feel a bit familiar to them, as its something they've already done.
Dear Girl tells us JK Rowling was planning to kill Hagrid. But she decided not to, because she enjoyed the symmetry of having Hagrid deliver Harry both to and from the Dursley household. Reading through the Pottermore fan site is a good study in the construction of story lines.
Not Hagrid! Thank goodness for symmetry, without which my heart would have been broken even more than it already was by the HP series. Oy!
ReplyDeleteI KNOW! Professor Umbridge is darkness enough for one series. No one in my family can watch Potter V because of her. We can't take it. She's nearly worse than Voldemort.
ReplyDeleteOh, I totally agree on the Professor Umbridge thing. I think it might be the manipulation part of her evilness that makes her so vile, that and she delights so much in her evilness. Voldemort is straight up bad guy, his evil is power verses joy, which is scary but less creepy maybe? Umbridge represents the evil of manipulative authority. She's too represented in our actual world to make her a comfortable villain. Outright true Voldemorts get shut down pretty quickly in our world, but the Umbridges of the world abound with their pretty little matching suits and impeccable manners.
ReplyDeleteThe Umbridges and especially how they treat children or anyone (everyone) "beneath" them. Ugh!
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