Is Voldemort scared of death?

[Hollydaze]

No: HPFGUIDX 41050

BlankFirstly hello to everyone, bet you don't remember me cos I haven't posted for nearly six months, I'm that LOONatic who worked out the timeline for the end of PoA (if you weren't here don't ask :) 

Just to briefly explain where this post is coming from, I am somewhat behind on my posts due to school work, exams and such, so I am having to catch up on over 6000 post dating back to January - yes I'm a LOON, see I admit it!!! :) A lot of the posts around this time seem to be dealing with LV and what his purpose in trying to gain immortality is. 

Jo Ellen asked:
> why is it so important to V to be doing what he is doing, in 
> gaining immortality? What will having immortality help him 
> achieve? What kind of crazy is that?  

I am of the opinion that LV is actually scared of death. This is especially due to that famous line from Dumbledore, "to the well organised mind, death is but the next great adventure". I am sure that this line is important to the books not only because it is in the first book (which seems to foreshadow the whole series,) but also because it is one of those "philosophical" lines that JK seems to pop in every so often that seem to have a lot of meanings beyond the "obvious" one, even if we don't know them all straight away. I think this line doesn't just deal with Nicholas Flammel but is also to do with Voldemort. 

This explanation also fits with Voldemort's name (the "thief of death" or "flight from death") that has been sited so often, if he is scared of death then he is running from it in trying to gain immortality before his time runs out, reflecting both meanings, both flying from death and cheating death if he (partially) gains immortality.

Does anyone else think the same or does anyone have any other ideas as to why he wishes to gain immortality so badly?

HOLLYDAZE!!!
Who is glad to be back after so long an absence!!!


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