Chances of Being Alive at the End of Book 7

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 82658

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Claire" <Cfitz812 at a...> wrote:


Jennifer:
> > Does anyone think that Peter will redeem himself? I think it may 
> be 
> > possible and perhaps one of the happier aspects of the resolution 
> of  
> > the matter. Of course should he redeem himself, he'll have to die 
> in 
> > his efforts to act in a courageous and honorable way. Maybe I'm 
> too 
> > optimistic...



> Claire:
> I believe Peter will do something that, if not exactly redemption 
> for himself, will go contrary to LV's wishes.  After all, DD says 
in 
> PoA that Harry has "sent Voldemort a deputy who is in your 
> debt...When one wizard saves another wizard's life, it creates a 
> certain bond between them..."  IMO, Peter is not evil, he's weak 
and 
> a follower.  So, I don't think you're too optimistic, Jennifer.

Geoff:
A couple of thoughts from recent posts on this thread. As I have said 
previously (80110 among others), I see Harry as a type of the 
Christian making his way through life, not as a Christ figure. He is, 
like Simon Peter, an encouragement to me because he can reach great 
heights and also mess up and fall over his own feet, figuratively 
speaking, which means I'm not the only idiot on the block.

Having recently drawn a parallel between Wormtail and Wormtongue, I 
now find myself thinking of Wormtail and Gollum. Frodo spared Gollum 
(as did Bilbo years before) and, in the end, it is Gollum's 
intervention which brought about the completion of the quest. DD 
intimated that Peter Pettigrew might have a part to play because of 
the bond which Claire mentioned above. That bond may yet have  an 
influence on the turn of events on the future.