Great JKR quote, WAS: Re: Let's pick at that prophecy a little more, shall we?

bohcoo sydenmill at msn.com
Tue Aug 19 19:02:14 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 78003

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sevenhundredandthirteen" 
<sevenhundredandthirteen at y...> wrote:

> 
> Although, I can see how this theory might work. You'll just have to 
> tweak the definition of 'equal' a bit. Equal to what??? Equal in 
> *powers* to the Dark Lord??? We seem to have assumed this. Or is it 
> equal in something else... Damn non-specific prophecies!!! They can 
> mean anything...
> 
> ~<(Laurasia)>~





Bohcoo response:

>From "Movie Magic, Life Story" magazine, Deluxe Collector's Edition, 
an article entitled, "Creating Harry," "Exploring Themes:"

JKR:  "I think it is often the case that the biggest bullies take 
what they know to be their own defects, as they see it, and they put 
them on someone else and then try and destroy the other. That's what 
Voldemort does."

OOP, ch. 37, page 842, American edition:
Dumbledore speaking to Harry:
"And notice this, Harry. He chose, not the pureblood (which, 
according to his creed, is the only kind of wizard worth being or 
knowing), but the half-blood, like himself. He saw himself in you 
before he had ever seen you."


When Voldemort marked Harry as his "equal" it was in everything 
loathsome he saw in himself. With all these abhorrent qualities about 
himself projected onto Harry, in his mind, Voldemort stands a chance 
of destroying them by destroying Harry.

Now Neville, on the other hand, represents everything Voldemort 
WANTS:  Pureblood status and what sounds like a large, tightly-knit, 
loving family. Why destroy a representation of that?

I sense another of Lord Thingy's infamous, "But, alas, I 
declare myself mistaken, I have made a mistake. . ." speeches, don't 
you? 

Bohcoo








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