The thirties were a time of constant and continuously increasing threats of war; by 1935, great powers were at war in Ethiopia, then in Spain, then in China - the war in 1939 was no more than the end of an infernal cycle, and to start the world war on Sept. 1, 1939, has always seemed to me a highly Eurocentric and narrow attitude. Ethiopia had been at war for four years by then, and China for two.
You're quite right, but the specific points I'm making is that all that Rowling said is that all is right in the personal worlds of Harry Potter and his friends. Even though Harry Potter is now an important official of the Aurors, his personal world is not coterminous with the whole Wizarding world; furthermore, Harry's standard of "bad" -- a direct personal threat from a Dark Wizard of Voldemort's viciousness and power -- is a very high one indeed.
In the intervening 19 years he may, and probably has, fought all sorts of lesser threats. And there may well be Wizards as fell as Voldemort operating in other parts of the world. Harry is not Chief Auror of the whole Earth, merely of Britain.
This is also Harry's point of view. There could be all sorts of tragedy and unhappiness going on that he is not privy to or by which he is not particularly concerned. For all we know, Ron and Hermione may be having screaming arguments every night, for example. All we know is that all is right in Harry's world. He's not being hunted by Dark Wizards of a caliber that frightens him, and he, Ginny and their children are happy, as far as he can tell.
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You're quite right, but the specific points I'm making is that all that Rowling said is that all is right in the personal worlds of Harry Potter and his friends. Even though Harry Potter is now an important official of the Aurors, his personal world is not coterminous with the whole Wizarding world; furthermore, Harry's standard of "bad" -- a direct personal threat from a Dark Wizard of Voldemort's viciousness and power -- is a very high one indeed.
In the intervening 19 years he may, and probably has, fought all sorts of lesser threats. And there may well be Wizards as fell as Voldemort operating in other parts of the world. Harry is not Chief Auror of the whole Earth, merely of Britain.
This is also Harry's point of view. There could be all sorts of tragedy and unhappiness going on that he is not privy to or by which he is not particularly concerned. For all we know, Ron and Hermione may be having screaming arguments every night, for example. All we know is that all is right in Harry's world. He's not being hunted by Dark Wizards of a caliber that frightens him, and he, Ginny and their children are happy, as far as he can tell.
Why begrudge the poor guy a happy ending?