Another is that it calls into question one of the primary themes of the series, that our choices make us who we are.
Actaully, it does not. See, the kids have the nifty trick here in the book of choosing to go back and save Sirius. But note taht later, in OOTP, the past will not be kept at bay, and unless there is a Guardian of Forever, people choices still continue to haunt them. Snape does not chooses to forgive his past and trust a young person who needs his help, Sirius and Remus choose to view Snape with contempt, Dumbledore chooses to go on arrogantly, not trust Harry and not see that maybe Snape's and Sirius' emotional states were astonishingly fragile. No time turner can take away courses of thinking that lead to actions.
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On choices and how they make us who we are...
Date: 2004-05-28 12:00 pm (UTC)Actaully, it does not. See, the kids have the nifty trick here in the book of choosing to go back and save Sirius. But note taht later, in OOTP, the past will not be kept at bay, and unless there is a Guardian of Forever, people choices still continue to haunt them. Snape does not chooses to forgive his past and trust a young person who needs his help, Sirius and Remus choose to view Snape with contempt, Dumbledore chooses to go on arrogantly, not trust Harry and not see that maybe Snape's and Sirius' emotional states were astonishingly fragile. No time turner can take away courses of thinking that lead to actions.