Significance of Harry's blood in Voldemort

[jeffl1965]

No: HPFGUIDX 82353

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Donna" <deemarie1a at y...> wrote:
> > 
   Donna:
  
> Ah, but you have to remember, I am a true believer in happy 
endings.  
> I would so hate it if Harry dies.  It would be a tremendous let 
down 
> for me.
> 
   Jeff:

   Well, I *hope* it won't happen, but I somehow think that whatever 
happens in the end, while it might be happy, it won't be as happy as 
what we would really consider happy. Think of how all the previous 
books have ended. Yes, Harry wins, but always at some cost, and it 
looks like Jo always makes Harry pop back up at the station or the 
great hall just as an afterthought for the epilogue. Harry wins, but 
always seems the worse for the wear. What will he be like in the last 
book? Crippled? Missing a limb, an eye? Somehow I don't think he'll 
be totally unscathed. 


   Donna:
> I don't think that JKR has that in store for us.  She will probably 
> have other characters that are dear to me die.  She has said that 
she 
> wants children to see that there are pointless deaths, and that is 
> the reality of life.  But to have Harry die?  Then that negates the 
> prophesy (did I say that?  Am I opening a whole 'nother can of 
> worms?).  For it says that one of them will survive.  
> 
   Jeff:
   Indeed. She's shown that in darn near every book. Somebody is 
killed or roughed up pretty bad. Who else will Harry lose? One of the 
trio to be sure. If Harry himself doesn't die, then either Ron or 
Hermione will, or at least be scarred in some way.

   Donna:
> Now there's that pesky word "vanquish".  Does it necessarily mean 
> that LV will die?  I believe so.  Most epic fantasy novels with 
> a "Dark Lord" have that character die in the end.  Harry must be 
the 
> one to do it.  Whether it is done with "malace aforethought" or as 
> the result of something inadvertantly done by Harry, remains to be 
> seen.
> 
> At this point in the story, Harry is still a child.  He is seeing 
> things pretty much as black and white.  He will either be victim or 
> murderer.  I don't think he understands the subtlety behind the 
> prophesy, yet.  And because he is so introspective, at this point 
in 
> the story, this is not something he will share with Ron and 
Hermione 
> yet.  As our story has unfolded so far, in the beginning, he pretty 
> much shared whatever he found out with R & H.  As the story moved 
> along, he began to withhold things.
> 
> I do hope book 7 will wrap up all those loose ends and we will see 
a 
> satisfactory conclusion.  
> 
    I agree. As I see it, nobody *but* Harry can bring an end to all 
of this. DD is a great wizard, and if he's not murdered by some form 
of treachery, he'll be able to help Harry, maybe if he does die, he 
can also transfer some power to Harry to give him that edge he needs 
to win. Since Harry *is* still young, he won't have the experience of 
age to help him. He's rash and foolish now, and while he'll have his 
friends at his side, just as always, he'll have to face Voldie alone. 
I don't want to guess at it, but I'm sure that bodies will be all 
around him as this happens. 
   It's true that Harry's behavoir has changed. He's still rather 
ignorant of RL, but he's slowly showing a change. Maybe he won't be 
as bad as his father appears in that one scene, but who can say how 
his link with Voldie will change him as time goes on?


> D - who realizes that she has suddenly become long winded, when she 
> is basically a shy person.

  
   Jeff:
   Expressing your ideas about something doesn't make you long 
winded. Being compassionate about something is good. :)




  Jeff