Harry Potter question

[dr4b]

I don't follow the fan sites at all, so I just realized something weird while thinking about it on the bus this morning, and I'm sure this has come up elsewhere: if in every year at Hogwarts there are 40 kids, 5 per gender per house (and is this true? maybe not), you have to wonder who the fifth guy was sharing a dorm with Sirius, James, Peter, and Remus. and wouldn't it have totally driven them nuts?

Unless, of course, there were more than 5 per year then, maybe if there were 8 or 9, then the four of them would have had a room to themselves or something.

I also have to wonder what the heck it must be like being the other kids in the same room as Fred and George Weasley. Oh man. Well, I guess they're friends with Lee Jordan, but... well, we never hear of any others, so hm.

Comments

[genuinekfc.livejournal.com]

Division by year: They have the common rooms to interact with people in their House but in other years. I'm guessing it also like Fraternities here, in that older students guide the younger students in their House.

Harry is proving to be a powerful unifier (think DA) / divider.
Er, Hermione and Ginny were the reason the DA included more students from other houses. Harry seemed shy and distant from other students, partly because he didn't like the initial reactions he got due to his fame. I seriously wonder if it's as divided as it appears through the "Harry Filter." JKR's favorite book uses an unreliable narrator, and she certainly has elements of that in the series.

[bpr.livejournal.com]

Sure, he is shy and distant, but people still wanted to learn from him and eventually he formed into the "leader" of this group of students. Especially looking at their final action in the MoM.

What is JKR's favorite book?

[genuinekfc.livejournal.com]

He warmed up to them once they were part of the DA, but he doesn't actively seek out other people to interact with. It's splitting hairs, so it's not really relevant. He's famous enough that he can influence other students without meaning to.


JKR has said in multiple interviews that her favorite book is Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.

Yes, I am Sirius serious.

[bpr.livejournal.com]

I've stayed away from reading JKR interviews, fansites, etc etc. I rely on my friends to provide me with the juicy summaries of what I should know.