tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032244.post111801590270622708..comments2023-10-23T20:49:58.809+02:00Comments on Nafcom's Crap Blog!: Harry Potter and his facesNafcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06914160306826290872noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032244.post-1118793665516962952005-06-15T02:01:00.000+02:002005-06-15T02:01:00.000+02:00@Anonymous: True but then it would be illogical to...@Anonymous: True but then it would be illogical to give one single person multiple ethics.Nafcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06914160306826290872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032244.post-1118715360395012162005-06-14T04:16:00.000+02:002005-06-14T04:16:00.000+02:00The story does take place in the UK. That, howeve...The story does take place in the UK. That, however, has nothing to do with the ethnicity of the character... unless all British people are white, which we know to be untrue. Many people live there, a good portion of which are not white.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032244.post-1118425948391234722005-06-10T19:52:00.000+02:002005-06-10T19:52:00.000+02:00@Anonymous:True, I understand all you say, but whe...@Anonymous:<BR/><BR/>True, I understand all you say, but when I read the English version (I never read any of the localized translations), it made the impression to me, like he is British and the scene plays in UK. Or am totally wrong? Maybe I am wrong. hmm...<BR/><BR/>I always try to figure out who the main character is, rather than assume "ok, he is automatically member of my race".<BR/><BR/>Well, maybe my habbits do not get along with John Q. Public?Nafcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06914160306826290872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032244.post-1118363000215649592005-06-10T02:23:00.000+02:002005-06-10T02:23:00.000+02:00When I write a piece of fiction, or in fact any st...When I write a piece of fiction, or in fact any story, I might describe the physical appearance of the main character to an extent, but I <I>never</I> go into race or skin color.<BR/><BR/>In a work of literature, it's generally up to the reader to define the characters. Aside from some basic physical description, much of the time the main character is left open -- able to be interpreted by the reader how they like, and a good book is one in which the reader can associate the main character with himself.<BR/><BR/>To that end, a little Chinese kid would generally imagine, subconsciously or not, that the main character would be just like him: a little Chinese kid. A white kid would imagine that the character is white, just like him. Etc., etc. And to that end, the author WANTS the reader to do just that, because it immerses them more in the story.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you that it is, ultimately, not an important thing. People are people, and what color you are and where you're from shouldn't matter, but in the world that we have, people have strong cultural associations and ties to their ethnic backgrounds. In that respect, I do not think that it's a bad thing. It's simply showing on the cover what the reader is going to be doing, mentally, and it opens up the work to a lot of other people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com