SnitchSeeker.com - View Single Post

astralpictures · 06-05-2009, 05:22 AM

I think PoA and HBP are the most similar out of all of them. Both books are all about revealing back story and hooking us into the next part of the story. PoA ties up loose ends from 1 and 2 and prepares us for the next segment, and HBP prepares us for the finale that was ahead.

So in my head, I always had the structure look like this:

1 is similar to 4
2 to 5
3 to 6
and 7 is a standalone, unlike anything else in the series (since it's not Year 7 at Hogwarts anymore).

In both SS and GoF, Voldemort has a scheme to return back to a body. Harry learns about the wizarding world in the first book, and even in the fourth book there were many references to the fact that Harry still has a lot to learn (Foreign schools, Giants having a stigma, relationships); both books were a lot about self-discovery. Also, both books have a set of dangerous tasks that Harry must get through, with the help of his friends.

CoS and OotP both were similar in tone. In both, Harry was an outcast at school and had to deal with everyone talking behind his back. Everyone thought Harry was something that he wasn't (Slytherin's Heir, a nasty liar). Dumbledore was forced out of school in both, and Harry had to save a friend in both (Ginny, and he thought he was saving Sirius).

And like I said, PoA and HBP seemed like transition books to me. Both were devoid of Voldemort's direct interference. Both were about discovery of the past (in PoA, Harry learned it was Wormtail who sold out Harry's parents. In HBP, Harry learned that it was Snape who originally gave Voldemort the information on the prophesy).

But what this all boils down to is that we can all find patterns between any of the books and come up with a structure. I think Rowling's books were fairly tight and well-thought out from the beginning (unlike say, Star Wars).

06-05-2009, 05:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
astralpictures Jarvey Join Date: May 2009 Location: NY Posts: 128	I think PoA and HBP are the most similar out of all of them. Both books are all about revealing back story and hooking us into the next part of the story. PoA ties up loose ends from 1 and 2 and prepares us for the next segment, and HBP prepares us for the finale that was ahead. So in my head, I always had the structure look like this: 1 is similar to 4 2 to 5 3 to 6 and 7 is a standalone, unlike anything else in the series (since it's not Year 7 at Hogwarts anymore). In both SS and GoF, Voldemort has a scheme to return back to a body. Harry learns about the wizarding world in the first book, and even in the fourth book there were many references to the fact that Harry still has a lot to learn (Foreign schools, Giants having a stigma, relationships); both books were a lot about self-discovery. Also, both books have a set of dangerous tasks that Harry must get through, with the help of his friends. CoS and OotP both were similar in tone. In both, Harry was an outcast at school and had to deal with everyone talking behind his back. Everyone thought Harry was something that he wasn't (Slytherin's Heir, a nasty liar). Dumbledore was forced out of school in both, and Harry had to save a friend in both (Ginny, and he thought he was saving Sirius). And like I said, PoA and HBP seemed like transition books to me. Both were devoid of Voldemort's direct interference. Both were about discovery of the past (in PoA, Harry learned it was Wormtail who sold out Harry's parents. In HBP, Harry learned that it was Snape who originally gave Voldemort the information on the prophesy). But what this all boils down to is that we can all find patterns between any of the books and come up with a structure. I think Rowling's books were fairly tight and well-thought out from the beginning (unlike say, Star Wars).