[HPFGU-OTChatter] Stone archway in Death Chamber

[Hockeygrrrl17 at aol.com]

HI , 
I don't know how many people this is going out to , or if you , ( Sara) will 
get this alone. The stone archway really confused me too at first. As far as 
Sirius goes , I am almost positive that I read on Jo's website that Sirius is 
actually dead and not coming back. You bring a really interesting point to the 
table by mentioning the reactions of the characters to the archway , but I 
took it as they were entranced by the veil and not the archway , though , I do 
believe the archway has significance. What I thought was that by passing through 
the veil , you walk from life to death. If you remember whenever the avada 
kedavara curse was mentioned , even before we knew its name , there were 
refrences to veils. A lot of fans have theories that when a person is killed using 
the AK , that their " life force" leaves their body and passes through the veil. 
It is intriguing as to why Hermione is terrified of the veil , Neville and 
Ron don't particuarly react , and even more intriguing that Ginny seems 
mystified. It would completely make sense for Harry and Luna to be fascinated by the 
veil if we follow the thestral theory since they have both seen death , but 
when has Ginny witnessed death? As far as we know she hasn't. So if there is a 
correlation between some event happening and reactions to the veil , then 
perhaps it is not death. Speculating on this , however , only raises more questions 
and leaves no answers. A good article can be found on mugglenet.com in one of 
the sets of editorials. I know it is called unveiling the veil. You might want 
to read that. Anyhow , that is my opinion.
Kristin from California


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