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The January Challenge: Lily revisited

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The January Challenge: Lily revisited

[info]sylvanawood
1/3/11 04:02 pm
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The Challenge for January 2011:

Lily revisited



Years ago (we've been around for a while, oh yes!)we had 'Severus and Lily' as a monthly challenge.

[info]alicekinsno1 suggested to take a closer look at Lily's character:

Maybe something that discusses the character of Lily more deeply? I'd love to see what some of your ideas are for just how Lily went from treating Snape so harshly and talking back to James, to being the stereotypical "saintly mother" at the end of her life. There's something about her personality that doesn't add up.

That is to say, how her apparently selfless decision to die for her baby makes sense in light of the way she treated Severus or even James. With possibly a side comment about how despite being so powerful and gifted she didn't really show any of that by dying pleading for her baby's life without even trying to take on Voldemort.

Please post your entries here or in a separate post. I'm looking forward to your entries.
If you have ideas for new challenges, please post them here. (This is a new list, your earlier suggestions are still in the old post).
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    (Anonymous)
    3/10/17 12:38 am (UTC)
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    Ad hominem attacks: attacks on the character or personal attributes of the writer rather than the person's argument

    That is not what duj is doing above.

    Also: it's clear by the end of the book series that Dumbledore was reckless with Harry's life and possibly planning for Harry to get killed all along. Harry of all people accepts this. Maybe we're meant to forgive Dumbledore or like him in spite of this, maybe this theme is just not meant to be taken seriously, but it is a part of the text, an undeniable part of it. It makes sense to take those themes and character developments into account in the course of interpreting the book. So, the comment about Dumbledore's character is relevant in the context of this discussion.
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