Dehumanizing (was:Graveyard scene)

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 54407


Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 6:15:58 PM, Kathryn Cawte wrote:

KC> Harry hears a high pitched voice (Voldemort) say 'kill the spare'
KC> and then another voice (presumably Peter) say 'Avada Kedavra'. So someone
KC> other than Voldemort cast the spell and yet Cedric's ghost emerges from
KC> *Voldemort's* wand later due to the priori incantum effect. So why is Peter
KC> casting the spell with Voldemort's wand?

I think we have to accept this as JKR exercising artistic license so
she can satirize our society's habitual dehumanization of mass deaths --
See my comparative quotes below... (At least V uses the word "kill"!)

-- 
Dave

"Kill the spare"
         -- Lord Voldemort, on the loss of human life
         
"Disassembly of soft components"
           -- The Pentagon, on the loss of human life