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Beedle discussion? Intro questions.

Dec 11, 2008 15:36

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doriscrockford2 December 13 2008, 19:57:24 UTC

I was thinking about question 4 (and not because I was the one who asked it, LOL). Do you think more of Dumbledore's writings will turn up? I think we'll probably see some in the Scottish Book, but I hope there are more charity books to come. The footnotes and details we learned (the details of Nearly Headless Nick's demise, for one) helped make the world feel real to me again ( ... )

vegablack62 December 14 2008, 17:09:04 UTC

Could he have been just too busy to publish or in that climate could it have been that no one wanted to publish? He was unpopular in book five and by book six Voldemort had returned and everyone was scared. Maybe no publisher wanted to go the way of Charity Burbage.

I wonder also given his secretiveness in book six and seven about Horcruxes if he would have feared that publishing would have drawn attention to the Elder Wand at a time that he was trying to keep many things a secret from Voldemort.

vegablack62 January 2 2009, 08:28:53 UTC

I just finished Beetle the Bard and decided to repost on this question ( ... )

miss_sophia December 20 2008, 05:15:45 UTC

Can't contribute to the Beedle the Bard discussion yet, since I haven't read the book (which I'm getting for Christmas -- accidentally saw it listed as a purchase under my husband's Amazon account, which I also use...ssshhhhh!), but I just wanted to stop by and say that I would definitely be interested in a discussion of Harry, A History, which I will be reading shortly! :)

--Miss Sophia (a Quiller who hasn't Quilled for a long time, but really misses it :) )

sea_thoughts January 10 2009, 21:37:35 UTC

I would love to discuss Harry, A History. :) I'm getting it on Friday.

3. 15th century Beedle is described as having "rather liked muggles". What else can we tell about him through his writing?

He isn't afraid to be gruesome and he has an ironic, dry sense of humour. He doesn't think that magic should be used to solve problems.

4. Knowing the end of Harry's story, why do you think Dumbledore was writing a commentary to the Tales?

Partly for posterity and partly to sort out his own thoughts about what he was doing.