[HPforGrownups] Re: Neville's role/Canary-in-the-mine

[Lucy Austin]

No: HPFGUIDX 32741

>> Is Neville the canary in the mine?  Will his death alert the Heroes 
>> to an unseen danger in the future?  Hmmmm.

>> Mahoney

>A good and interesting idea, with no obvious flaws. I'll remeber it 
>(although, I still prefer my own, since it includes not only Neville's 
>future but Draco's). Going a bit off-topic, though, I always had doubts 
>about the whole canary-in-the-mine theory. It was suposed to die 
>because of soffocation? The smaller a creature is, the less air it 
>needs, and the calmer you are, the less air you need. Why would, then, 
>the canary (small, virtually inmobile inside is cage) die sooner than 
>the miners (big men, sweating away while mining)? But I digress...

>Hope that helped,

>Grey Wolf


I like that theory - not that I want Neville to die, but although he's not exactly a 'fan' of Harry's, it could be the death that JKR is dreading to write. (and then Ginny and Hagrid might be OK!)

Re the canaries, I think the miners hung them up high in the corridors or something, as the bad air rose to the top. That way they knew the air was going bad when the canary fainted (I think!).

Lucy


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