[HPforGrownups] Re: dumbledore to die?!

[Samaporn Teeravechyan]

No: HPFGUIDX 16825

Working my back to some relatively old posts here (strange how something
posted barely 5 days ago can seem like such an ancient topic!

At 04:19 PM 4/11/01 -0000, you wrote:

>> Dumbledore will probably die to symbolize Harry's passage into full 
>> independence. Harry will lose his mentor and protector just before 
>> Harry's ready, and he'll have to carry on without him.  it will be 
>> Harry's worst moment and cruelest test.  The analogy might be Obi Wan 
>> or Yoda ("no more training do you need"). I suspect that Dumbledore 
>> will die in such a way as to pass the torch on to Harry. (The Yoda 
>> thing again)

I think it's 50/50. Remember that in PS/SS, Dumbledore gave Harry the
opportunity to confront Quirell/Voldemort (am I thinking of the right
episode? It's been too many months since I read the earlier books). It
seems to me that such an action hints to the possibility that the torch can
passed without killing off Dumbledore, since he seems perfectly happy
acting quietly in the background. I am however truly looking forward to a
grand showdown between Dumbledore and Voldemort (although I agree that the
final confrontation will probably be between Harry and Voldemort).

Samaporn


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