On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:34:52 +0100, "DaveD"
<davedn1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>"Welsh Dog" <welshdog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:gb4pe4llkti69bnlis0l4ls2vdea3ebbo0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 18:23:55 -0500, "BubblyBabs" <ng@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>>"Welsh Dog" <welshdog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>news:ujqne4hjd09mkfi6o7356dbohur3jmiuv5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:41:04 -0500, "BubblyBabs" <ng@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>>>>"DaveD" <davedn1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>>news:gcg5c7$jds$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> The only quibble I have with the book is the crappy epilogue that
>> answered none of the questions we'd been asking and the way that the
>> Dursleys were dismissed without ceremony.
>So true... I wonder if she will ever do a rewrite of the books as she
>mentioned? I suspect not doing it would be the better option - but the
>exception to that would be the epilogue, perhaps include the original one
in
>the encyclopaedia (in exams they say it's almost always best to stick to
>your first answer; you almost get it wrong if you change it. I think the
>same applies here: stick with your original epilogue!)
>> Ok they were total gits... but they were an integral part of the story
>> and Dudley *did* after all seem to be having a bit of an epiphany at
>> the end there. Would have been nice to have closure.
>Yes, that was disappointing, I so wanted them (well, Dudders and Tuney)
to
>say goodbye properly to Harry and give him a hug or something, and have
him
>appreciate it rather than be churlish. But I think this bad relation****p
was
>fundamentally im****tant to JKR and she didn't want to tarnish it by
making
>it saccharine-sweet; given how bad things had been between them all, she
>decided to stick with that and keep it real by writing the scene as she
did.
I wouldn't really have wanted her to spoil that hate-hate
relation****p... just tell us if they survived and perhaps a little of
their subsequent history. :)
At least we now know *Dudley* survived... and Harry and he exchange
Xmas cards - it's better than nothing. :)
>> Dedalus house was burned down... we assume neither he nor Hettie...
>> nor the Dursleys were hiding out there, but if we aren't told then how
>> do we know?
>I was wondering where they went after they left 4PD, and I'd forgotten
they
>left with Dedalus. Good question - did they stay with him, and if so, did
>they survive the fire?
Just add it to the list of 'unanswered questions' :D
Welshdog
--
News and views... for people like youse!!
Australian Opinion
(http://australianopinion.com)
Not as strange as it looks!
|
