"die, ron, die"

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 88013


vmonte wrote:
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> The Quidditch positions may also be symbolic. <snip>
> 
>  Harry's the "Seeker" so he will be busy chasing one thing Voldemort 
> or the "golden snitch"--perhaps symbolic for an OOTP traitor. It's 
> interesting that the "golden snitch" has wings... <snip>


Interesting point, only I don't think the snitch symbolizes Voldemort.
In American English, "snitch" means tattletale or informant, which
could refer to Peter, who revealed the location of the Potters'
hideaway or to the person who overheard part of the prophecy and
revealed it to Voldemort. Of course, that person could also be Peter,
but then we have the problem of why Peter would have been thrown out
of the Three Broomsticks. And if the person is Regulus Black, as
someone suggested earlier, we have the problem that the informant
appears to be dead and, if so, could not be caught, only exposed after
the fact, which wouldn't accomplish much. Still, I'm intrigued by the
idea of Harry catching the "snitch" in the sense of informant. Does
anyone else have ideas on this? Also, does "snitch" have the same
meaning (informant or tattletale) in British English as it does in
American English?

Carol