Statues in the Ministry Of Magic

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 73048

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "maneelyfh" <maneelyfh at y...> 
wrote:
> Actually, I looked it up in the book, and the wizard had a vapid 
look 
> on his face.  BUT I still think the fountain et al are relelvant 
> especially if you figure in Dobby betraying the Malfoys, and 
trying 
> to help Harry in COS.
> FRan

I think there's a lot of symbolic forshadowing in this statue.  I 
see it as representing the current wizarding world.  The first time 
Harry sees it, he thinks its all shiny and heroic and impressive.  
Then he looks at it some more, and notices how vapid and dishonest 
it is.  And by the end of the book, the statue has been shattered.  
This fits in with my longstanding theory that in the end, Harry's 
quest will be not just to defeat Voldemort, but to bring down the 
system and reform the wizard world.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com