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   On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:53:33 -0400, VD wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:39:11 -0400, MU wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:51:15 -0400, Wilford Dumont wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:47:43 -0400, MU wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> Do you mean strictly from the standpoint HP following the alchemical   
   >>>> experimentation to end with a PS?   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes. If HP is an alchemical story then why does HP not find the PS in   
   >>> Book 7?   
   >>   
   >> It's a story with alchemical symbolism *not* a story of an alchemist.   
   >> Rowling preconceived the narrative line.   
   >   
   > There is little doubt in my mind that Ms. Rowling created a structured   
   > outline of her Septology. The proof lies within the exquisite and   
   > complex construction. The multiple narratives with and overlapping one   
   > another.   
   >   
   >> In your terms, it begins with the ending and ends with the   
   >> beginning. That's her prerogative.   
   >>   
   >> Keep in mind /who/ the PS is, the second timeline, the inside narrative.   
   >>   
   >> It is Harry.   
   >   
   > Here is a perfect example of what I prescribe. Harry is transfigured   
   > and transformed from self full to selfless as the books roll from I to   
   > VII. Quite similar to the creation of the PS.   
   >   
   > Yet as Wil points out, the books refuse to follow thematically the   
   > same process of the Stone.   
      
   See, every once in a while I have a decent Potterthought.   
      
   Then again, I may be the only one in the Potterverse who thinks that   
   Rickman's Snape is not believable, muted, and underacted.  Its like he   
   brewed up a cauldron of botox and stuck his head in. lol   
      
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