Re: Harry’s fate according to the bookies

[Steve]

---  "eggplant107" <eggplant107 at ...> wrote:
>
> The London bookies were exactly correct in predicting
> Dumbledore's fate in the last book, if you want to see
> what odds they are giving on Harry surviving to the 
>last page of the last book see:
> 
>
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070604/ENTERTAINMENT/70604011
> 
> Eggplant
>

bboyminn:

Here's the thing, most of us predicted Dumbledore's death.
It is so consistent with the genre that I am surprised 
that they were even taking bets on it.

It seems they have stopped taking bets on whether Harry 
will die because so many people are betting he will. They
are not taking bets on who will kill him.

But here is the rub. They are thinking in linear fashion.
They are not thinking of all the twist and turns that
can creep into a fantasy story like Harry's.

What happens with the 'Behind the Veil and Back' theory.
If Harry goes behind the Veil, and if indeed that does
take him to that Land of the Dead, then did he die or
didn't he? Enquiring minds and enthusiastic betters
want to know. 

What happens with the 'Technically Dead' theory, if 
Harry needs to be /technically/ dead for Voldemort
to be defeated, and yet he is able to be revived? Is
he dead for the purposes of the bet or isn't he?

It is very reasonable to bet on real-life things. To
determine who the best sport team is, all you have to
do is watch the sport and make an educated guess. To
determine which horse will win, you examine the odds,
look as the history of the horses, examine the track
conditions, and make an educated guess.

But, in a world where Giants, Dragons and Unicorns 
live, and huge horses have wings and can fly. In a 
world where anything goes, who is so foolish as to
think they can predict what will happen? 

In a world of magic, Harry could live or he could die,
or both.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn