Re: So, did you like it?
- From: Ron Hunter <rphunter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:31:42 -0600
Green-Eyed Chris wrote:
In article <9pglk3lclb1un3kah5ngi472u5qpt92mq2@xxxxxxx>,
Bill Blakely <wcblakely@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:49:42 +0100, Green-Eyed Chris
<cwlNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <j1okk3lmhbhhofbc8q3ae2m4j9h3pcu2u0@xxxxxxx>,I didn't say a few brief paragraphs. I think it would have taken 20
Bill Blakely <wcblakely@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:35:18 +0100, Green-Eyed ChrisI agree that we were given nothing we couldn't have seen coming. You have seen enough postings here expressing concern about the fates of Trevor and Crookshanks. Personally, I would have been interested in Prof. Sinistra. A few brief paragraphs would never have sufficed.
<cwlNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <Uf-dneYNJKxfMdTaRVnygAA@xxxxxx>,In the first place, our expectations weren't over-inflated. It would
"The REAL Naminanu" <imnotontheweb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've waded through hundreds of posts today, having not visited for a couple of months, and am curious.Indeed. All things considered, it was much more satisfying than expected. I have no idea how JKR could possibly have addressed some of the overinflated epilogue expectations around here.
Nearly all of you seem to enjoy discussing the exposition conclusion, "errors" and many more aspects of the last book.
But did you *enjoy* it?
only have taken two or three pages about happened to the trio in the
future, plus a paragraph, some of them quite brief, about what
happened to maybe 15 or 20 other surviving characters to have made
almost everyone happy.
In the second place, the expectations was set by JKR herself in
interviews where it was promised that last book would have an epilogue
-- which she claimed to have already written, as I recall -- providing
such information.
And in the third place, it's not like she tired to write the epilogue
she promised but no one was satisfied because they had such
unreasonable expectations -- she didn't even make the attempt!!
Moreover, the fact that the epilogue she did give us instead of the
one she promised us was so god-awful and told us almost nothing we
couldn't already see coming at the end of DH added insult to injury.
to 30 pages to do a proper epilogue, which perhaps should have been
called an appendix rather than an epilogue, not that it matters.
But even a few brief paragraphs would have been a heck of a lot better
than what JKR gave us.
Agreed. But snipping what I wrote does not strengthen your position. Again, read and listen to the little she said about her epilogue before the release of DH and you will find no "promise" for what so many like yourself were hoping for.
--
Chris
I think the problem with the epilogue isn't so much the epilogue as the fact that the book (series) has a climax, but no denouement. That is, it ends, abruptly, after the climax. A denouement is usually included after a climax, and is used to show what happened after the climax, and resolves many of the loose ends, shows the direction of the lives of the characters, and closes the book. Without one, the epilogue becomes more difficult, and in this case, less satisfying. I think JKR owes her readers, after several thousand pages, at least another 50 pages to tie everything up in a nice package, and put the story to rest.
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