TEN
REASONS TO SUSPECT THAT
JKR*
IS AN ARF**
(many thanks to the Alan Rickman Guestbook contributors to this list)
TEN
REASONS TO SUSPECT THAT
JKR*
IS AN ARF**
(many thanks to the Alan Rickman Guestbook contributors to this list)
1.
Three names used in An Awfully Big Adventure show up in her
books:
Lily
Potter
Uncle Vernon
3.
In Truly, Madly, Deeply, Nina’s nephew’s name is Harry, and
he has a jagged scar on his forehead.
4.
There is a marked resemblance in the names and general appearance of the
characters Snape and Slope (Barchester Chronicles).
5.
The names Voldemort and Valmont (Les Liaisons Dangereuses)
are similar.
6.
In Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, Robin makes a statement
to Marian about nobility not being a birthright but needing to be
earned. This sentiment is echoed by Dumbledore when he opines to
Harry
about one’s worth being proven by one’s actions, not one’s heredity.
7.
Stella’s
beret in AABA is green and grey (or grey-ish),
Slytherin
colors.
8.
Character in HP novels: Cedric Diggory. Character in
The Return of the Native: Diggory Venn
Also,
the Sheriff of Nottingham’s first name was originally Cedric, as
was the name of the rambunctious snake in the 1998 stage production of
Antony
and Cleopatra.
9.
In the very last sentence of Chapter 11 in Harry Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban, Hermione says, “Because I thought—and Professor
McGonagall agrees with me…” Echoes of Mrs. Proudie in The
Barchester Chronicles?
10.
And the most important reason of all...rumor has it that Alan Rickman
was J. K. Rowling’s first choice of actor to portray Snape!
(And I agree with her.)
*J.
K. Rowling
**Alan
Rickman fan