Chapter 34 Summary

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 14151

Ok I'm going to reply wtihout reading all the messages ahead of this 
summary. If the thoughts I give have already been given then I 
profoundly apologize because that means someone thinks the way I do 
:-) 
Questions
 
1.Harry has beaten Voldemort on several occasions by now.  Why then 
did Voldemort untie him and give him back his wand?  Is he on drugs 
or just stupid?

--He's an Evil Overlord who obviouly hasn't read the the Evil 
Overlord List :-) The truth is Voldemort isn't exactly the smartest 
evil villian I've ever seen. What he lacks in brains he makes up in 
Ego however, it must the the size of Hogwarts castle!  Honestly as 
plain as it is for us to see that Voldemort should see Harry as a 
real threat, he refuses to believe that is possible.  He wants the 
DE's to know that he IS more powerful than some scrawny little boy.

2.Were the apparitions emerging from Voldie's wand ghosts?  If
not, 
what were they and why were they able to speak to Harry?

--I am fairly certain that JKR said these were shades. Shades were 
the inhabitants of the Underworld in Greek mythology. I'm not sure 
whether or not they are the same thing as modern ghosts or not. 
Anyone? I think that they are more of "memories" or "shadows" of the 
people who they were. 

3.We know that the Avada Kedavra curse is associated with green 
light.  But what was the symbolism, if any, of the red light 
streaming from Harry's wand?

--Is it green for Slytherin? Hmmm...Is Harry's is red for Gryffindor? 
And then the the PI creates gold. We've got both red and gold 
there...what's the Gryffindor connection?

4.Do you wish that, even though the original wand order was a 
mistake, Jo had worked with it and come up with a reason for
James' 
emerging first?

--Yes, yes and yes. I found the correction just didn't fit into the 
story. I could go on and on and on about what was wrong and how it 
SHOULD have been fixed. Anyway the we've been there and done that so 
I'll just leave it alone.
 
5.Do you think we'll see Cedric's ghost at Hogwart's now?

--Probably not, as Cedric seemed happy when he died, and he also got 
his last (postmortem) wish that his body would come back and it did. 
But it might be interesting to see Cedric as a ghost. But in Harry's 
world ghostscan interact with humans just as when they're alive, but 
they can't eat or touch etc. I don't think that it would be good for 
JKR to write him as a ghost because it would almost be like he was 
still there, and would take away from the obvious loss we (and the 
characters) are supposed to feel.

Scott
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Faith:
"Not to worry," she said. "All you have to do is walk
straight at the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Don't stop 
and don't be scared you'll crash into it, that's very important. Best 
to do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous.  Go on now before Ron."
-Molly Weasly Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. 
Rowling.