Divination / Harry or Ron's death

[ruben at satec.es]

No: HPFGUIDX 36506

Jennifer said:
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> And one prediction that bothers me:  in PoA, at Christmas dinner, 
> Trelawney is reluctant to sit at the table because, "Never forget 
> that when thirteen dine together, the first to rise will be the first 
> to die!"  At the end of dinner "Harry and Ron got up first from the 
> table and she shreiked loudy. 'My dears! Which of you left his seat 
> first? Which?' 'Dunno,' said Ron looking uneasily at Harry."  Many of 
> us have predicted that either Ron or Harry will not survive book 7, 
> and here is Trelawney predicting the same thing.

Not the same thing actually. She merely predicted (in case that was a
true prediction) that one of them would die before anyone else in the
table. That might happen after book 7...

Let's see. Dumbledore is the eldest (he's 150); we know wizards have
long life spans, but not how long. I think it's safe to assume he hasn't
much longer left, though, since he seems to be the oldest wizard around.
But he's healthy and he needs to live for only four more years to be
outside the scope of the books.

Just nitpicking actually; I don't think JKR would drop something like
this unless it's significant. And Harry or Ron will probably die before
the series end. But hey...

> Jennifer, who is very worried for Harry and Ron

...now you can hope. Dumbledore might live fifty more years :-) 

Elirtai