[HPforGrownups] Re: Spec... Pattern of last chapters?

[Barb]

No: HPFGUIDX 45731


 Grey Wolf <greywolf1 at jazzfree.com> wrote:
In the first three books, Harry faces the challenges on his own, but there is always a back-up ready to help him when he is about to fail. In book one, Dumbledore arrives in the nick of time. In book two, Dumbledore's bird comes in and destroys the enemy's most powerful weapon (the basilisk's eyes), and then cures him so he survives the venom (the second most powerful weapon). In book three, [snip] Snape is sent and when *he* fails to get Harry out of the sticky situation, Dumbledore sends *Harry himself* to get him out of the situaion. The problem with this pattern is, of course, book four, where Dumbledore misses the portkey!Cup twist, and Harry is taken away to face Voldemort without any back-up except for "Spare" Diggory 
 
Me:  Actually, I believe that Harry does in fact have a backup in GoF, one that JKR gave him way back in book one when he was in Ollivander's: his wand.  Were it not for the fact that he had a brother wand to Voldemort's, his goose would surely have been cooked.  Further, since the feathers in each wand came from Fawkes, one could view Fawkes as again contributing to Harry's survival.  
 
The "shadows" which emerged from Voldemort's wand also serve as backup (although they are a result of the first backup, the brother wand).  The shadows are also another instance of Voldemort's own actions working against him.  (It was through his own actions that he lost his power in the first place.)  If he hadn't killed those people, their shadows would not have been able to assist Harry.
 
I do think you are correct that the true pattern is Harry being on his own when the chips are down.  Although he may be with some other people in the final chapters of future books, I believe that something will occur to remove them from the action at the ultimate moment of truth.  Plus, purely from a practical standpoint, Ron and Hermione being the ones to stand against the villain at the end of any of the books does not make sense in a series being written from Harry's point of view.  Harry would have to receive the story second hand, from them, and that wouldn't be nearly as satisfying as witnessing Harry's first-hand encounters.
 
--Barb
(Yes, I purged any mention of kitchen appliances that wash dishes from the post to which I am replying as I prefer to discuss theories in plain English and will have to be dragged kicking and screaming to Inish Alley.)
 


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