Session Information
HPEF - Azkatraz 2009
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The Pacing of Death Hallows: the Avada Kedavra to the Book?
Track : Saturday, July 18, 2009
Program Code: 130
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM  EST
Location: Powell (90)
SPEAKER :
pir8fancier .
Description
Pacing is the drumbeat to a novel. Are readers on the edge of their seats, flipping pages eagerly, dying to get to the next chapter, or reaching for a double espresso to keep their eyes open? Examined will be the pacing of the last Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The two competing storylines—the Horcrux and the Elder wand —necessitated that much of the plot of the last book had its “feet” rooted in the past. Critical to the defeat of Voldemort, the introduction of the Elder Wand concept in the last book served to fulfill the final expectation that Voldemort would be defeated by his own moral failings. The flip side of this idea was that it firmly rooted much of the potential action of this novel in the distant past, adversely affecting the overall pacing. Indeed, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were sitting on the sidelines watching the “action” unfold nearly as much as we readers were.