[HPforGrownups] Little Deaths (was: Voldemort's Wand)

[Barb]

No: HPFGUIDX 47389


 Trish in AZ <pschmiedl at earthlink.net> wrote:
While we are on the topic of wands I have a question. I tried to look in archives to see if this was brought up, but could not find anything. In PS/SS Mr. Olivander says, "the wand chooses the wizard" and the tail feather from the same Phoenix was in Harry's and Voldemort's wand. If in fact, if it is the Phoenix that belonged to Gryffindor why would that wand chose Voldemort?

Me:
Well, since Voldemort's rebirth was not unlike a phoenix rising from the ashes, it seems somewhat appropriate for him to have a phoenix feather in his wand.  While it seems that even Dumbledore is skeptical about anything even close to predestination, JKR does have him say that Trelawney's made two correct predictions, and when Harry is in the forest in the first book, the Centaurs seem genuinely interested in what they're reading in the stars (the "signs," they said).  In other words, perhaps Trelawney is a red-herring and Divination WILL be very important to the books.  Perhaps the wand somehow "knew" that Voldemort was destined to die (in a way) and be reborn at some point.  Perhaps Harry having a phoenix feather in his wand means he will do the same thing--we don't know.  We do know that the wand connects him to Voldemort, so now there's that connection, in addition to the scar (which was created by the brother wand).  I wonder how many other connections there will be between them before the series is done.
 
It's really highly appropriate for both Harry and Voldemort to have phoenix feathers in their wands.  In some ways, Harry already symbolically died (when he left the wizarding world he sort of died to the world of magic) and was reborn (when he returned to the wizarding world and started at Hogwarts).  Tom Riddle also symbolically died when he disappeared from the public eye after finishing school, and was reborn as the Dark Lord Voldemort.  Harry may have many deaths and rebirths, who knows?  Perhaps each trip back to the Dursleys is like a little death, and he's symbolically reborn when he returns to Hogwarts.  I know we all feel like we're living in hell while waiting for the fifth book to resurrect us...<g>
 
--Barb
(living in limbo with Harry...)


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