[HPforGrownups] Re: echoes of LOTR

[Jinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 1256


> yes, I immediately thought of Gollum when Dumbledore told
> Harry that it wasn't necessarily a mistake for him to have
> spared Peter Pettigrew -- that saving a life created a bond
> between those two wizards...
>
> It reminded me of Frodo saying that Gollum deserved to die and
> Gandalf saying that many deserved to live who had died - could Frodo
> give them life? and of course, it was Gollum who saved Frodo at the
> end....

Exactly, the similarity is too obvious for JKR to have done that
accidentally.  Also the Wormtongue/Wormtail similarities - hadn't occurred
to me before, but they are obvious (although Saruman is no Voldemort - more
of a Lucius Malfoy figure).

> I was thinking this morning about Boromir's betrayal, and wondering
> if in fact Ron will betray Harry

He might be tempted.  He might even become estranged from Harry.  But when
it comes right down to it, I don't think he would make a conscious decision
to go over to Voldemort.  It's just not in character.

Jinx