Importance of Ghosts / Phoenix...

[Ximena Valdivia]

No: HPFGUIDX 60895

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mthiesse2003" 
<mthiesse2003 at y...> wrote:
> OK, I have been totally hung up lately on trying to figure out the 
> improtance of ghosts and the Phoenix (both relating to death) in 
the 
> HP series.  JKR dosen't seem to include things that are not 
> absolutely necessary in later books and the presence of ghosts and 
> the Phoenix are everywhere.  So, here are my thoughts:
>        People become ghosts when they are murdered (leaving room 
for 
> a nice family reunion and the possibility for Cedric to be back at 
> Hogwarts)
> 
> Next point, Fawkes has been in every one of the books and a lot of 
> the book's time has been used to teach about the Phoenix 
> (continuously reborn, what that process looks like, feathers, 
tears, 
> etc). And we know that the next book is called OoP, so it is no 
> great mystery that all of that was important.  So, here are my 
> thoughts about their importance:
>     1. OoP may refer to this Old Group which has, themselves, risin 
> from the ashes and been reborn over and over again, living very 
long 
> lives (including Dumbledore).
>     2. We have seen that wizzards can do this because Volde did it.
>     3. The big question is...So what?
> 
> Thought I would come out of lurkdom,
> Melanie

I will have to disagree about the ghost part because in tha case why 
is that Harry's parents haven't show up in all these years if both 
have murdered? 

About the Fawkes theory, in case you are right and that is why they 
are called the Order of the Phoenix, it could led to think that this 
group is the one who is going to fight with most of Voldemort allies, 
since they can reborn as much as they want. Now, it is also truth 
that Fawkes was never killed, the only time we have read of his 
reborn was when Fawkes died of natural reasons, so who knows if 
Phoenix can reborn if they are killed?

Ximena