[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP-thoughts/questions esp. Prophecy

[JamiDeise at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 61594

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In a message dated 6/22/2003 7:04:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
rubeus_hagrid at wanadoo.es writes:


> > The thing that worries me is the word "either"--how is she using it?
> > Does that mean "one" must die at the hand of the other and then the
> > survivor will be free from this mystical connection? Or does it mean
> > that "each" must die at the hand of the other, in which case Harry is
> > doomed at the end of book 7 because they'll kill each other at the
> > grand finale? The word "either" has been worrying me all night.
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> Me (izaskun)
> That's exactly how i understood it. That Harry's got to die in order to kill
> LV. He has to sacrifice himself.
> Cheers, IZaskun
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I agree with the meaning of the wording, but let's not forget the earlier 
confusion as to whether the prophecy was about Harry or Neville. Even with 
Dumbledore's explanation, I cannot buy that JKR threw in this "set-up" without any 
kind of payoff. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Book 7 ends with Neville 
sacrificing himself to kill LV. 

Jami


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