We 'know' he's trustworthy through Dumbledore (Hermione's position), but we don't *know* for ourselves, the basis for Ron's skepticism. [I use that because it's the handiest example, but there are many others. I'd like to think Rowling knows what she's doing, stringing us along like that.]
Yes, that's a very good point. I was just thinking about that recently, in fact, because I was reading the scene where Ron floats the idea that Harry's dreams in OotP are getting worse because Snape isn't trying to close off his mind but open it up so Voldemort can get in. There's good reason to think Ron is mistaken in that, but still, as that recent post pointed out, Ron is often right about things when you wouldn't think he is, and still can't honestly say why Snape wouldn't be working against Harry. And then following that there are more of those curiously ambiguous moments where it's impossible for us to really understand Snape's reactions.
I, ummm, get a lot of kicks out of it. Which makes me a bad person, or something. :)
I love it except when I'm the one doing the running, I admit.:-)
What he gets at so nicely is how texts provoke strong positions, which then run into other bits of text with equally strong and often disjunct positions, and the art of the reader lies in navigating the mess and figuring out the multiple possibilities of what's going on.
That does sound exactly like what seems to be going on in the text most of the time. Where does one find Iser's works?
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Date: 2005-03-16 11:48 am (UTC)Yes, that's a very good point. I was just thinking about that recently, in fact, because I was reading the scene where Ron floats the idea that Harry's dreams in OotP are getting worse because Snape isn't trying to close off his mind but open it up so Voldemort can get in. There's good reason to think Ron is mistaken in that, but still, as that recent post pointed out, Ron is often right about things when you wouldn't think he is, and still can't honestly say why Snape wouldn't be working against Harry. And then following that there are more of those curiously ambiguous moments where it's impossible for us to really understand Snape's reactions.
I, ummm, get a lot of kicks out of it. Which makes me a bad person, or something. :)
I love it except when I'm the one doing the running, I admit.:-)
What he gets at so nicely is how texts provoke strong positions, which then run into other bits of text with equally strong and often disjunct positions, and the art of the reader lies in navigating the mess and figuring out the multiple possibilities of what's going on.
That does sound exactly like what seems to be going on in the text most of the time. Where does one find Iser's works?