Azkaban

Sometimes I wish I could go through and read through all the Harry Potters not having read any of them before that one time, just to see what it's like. Currently, I'm in the middle of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Harry's just figured out that not only does Sirius Black want to kill him, but he is responsible for the death of his parents. Could you imagine having to find that out? If your parents best friends betrayed them? Oh, how I wish I could still believe that Sirius did betray the Potters, but alas, I know he didn't because I've read the series only about three times through.

Anyways. Let's talk about names. Jo Rowling sure has a couple up her sleeve. Sirius, Remus, Hermione, Minevera, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Severus etc. She get's them from all over the place. She has too much knowledge. Names of stars (and not celebrities, but actual gaseous bodies in galaxies.), names of flowers, French names, normal names, names of Roman founders, etc. How does she do this? If it weren't for J. K. Rowling, I don't think I would believe in intended symbolism. English teachers since like 5th, maybe 6th grade have been telling me about symbolism, but it was all from classics with dead authors who couldn't answer questions. But then comes Jo, still alive and well, with her seven novel epic. Then I realize, maybe English teachers are right. I'll admit, there are still times when I doubt symbolism, because HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY KNOW? HOW CAN YOU ACTUALLY PROVE IT? I can't imagine people coming up with such things. I just can't but then I remember, how Remus and Romulus were the founders of Rome, and they were raise by wolves or they were wolves themselves ( I can't remember.) and how Remus Lupin is a werewolf and the world makes a little more sense.