CoS clues to Books 6 & 7 analysis

[Diana]

No: HPFGUIDX 104048

I've been thinking about the hints JKR keeps throwing out about how 
CoS gives big clues to how the books are going to end.  So, I've 
broken down the end of CoS and can easily see circumstances 
repeating themselves at the end of book 7.

First, Harry and Voldemort (the memory of Tom Riddle in CoS, of 
course, but still the same villian nonetheless) faced each other in 
CoS completely alone.  No friends were there with Harry and no DEs 
were there with Voldemort.  This is almost a gimme.  I would be 
surprised if Harry *didn't* face Voldemort alone at the end of book 
7, actually.

Second, Harry does have support - from Fawkes (representing 
Dumbledore) and, to his surprise, from Godric Gryffindor 
(represented by a hat and a sword that once belonged to him).  
Voldemort's support is a basilisk, which is just a big snake 
(Nagini, anyone?).  Harry can speak parseltongue and has even 
possessed Nagini briefly [admittedly unwillingly]; could Harry talk 
Nagini out of attacking him?

Third, Ginny is present during the confrontation (though out cold 
and near death) and is the reason Harry went down into the Chamber 
in the first place; he wanted to save her.  Could Harry's desire to 
save Ginny lead him to the final battle with Voldemort?  I found 
JKR's statement [on her website] that Ginny being the only girl born 
into several generations of Weasleys a fascinting fact that may be a 
clue to Ginny's importance to future events and her ultimate 
importance to Harry.  Yes, Harry/Ginny shippers, I'm thinking this 
may be a huge hint in that direction.  Ron's little eye flicker 
toward Harry at the end of OotP when telling Ginny to pick a better 
boyfriend next time tells me that Ron *wants* Ginny and Harry to get 
together, which I find interesting for a character who's so clueless 
about girls and relationships that he can't stop arguing long enough 
with the one [Hermione] he likes the most in order to ask her out!   
Something tells me Ginny's part in the events to come is going to be 
major.  

Fourth, Harry kills Tom Riddle by 'killing' the diary.  Maybe the 
way to kill Voldemort is by not attacking him directly, but by 
attacking his source of power which is separate from him?  I can't 
remember anything Voldemort might own that would be considered a 
source of power to him, but it's an idea, anyway. 

Fifth, Ron tries to go with Harry all the way into the Chamber, but 
is physically separated from him by the collapse of the tunnel.  
This separation saves Ron's life, because I would guarantee you that 
Ron would have been killed by the basilisk's stare or Tom Riddle 
himself if he'd shown up with Harry in the last chamber.  Maybe at 
the end Ron [or Hermione?] goes most of the way to the final battle 
and is separated from Harry at the last moment, thereby saving his 
[or her?] life? 

Sixth, Fawkes saves Harry's life with his tears just moments before 
Harry dies from the basilisk venom.  Maybe Fawkes [or some other 
magical object/person/spell] will do this again and save Harry after 
he suffers a mortal wound that would otherwise kill him without this 
aid?   Whether this miraculous cure would happen before or after 
Harry defeats Voldemort is anyone's guess. 

Seventh, Harry's discovered a lot about Tom Riddle's past and this 
might be very important to how he defeats Voldemort.  Harry knows a 
lot about Riddle, from his being a half-blood [which Harry revealed 
to the DEs in the MoM at the end of OotP] to Riddle's overwhelming 
desire to stay at Hogwarts instead of going back to an orphange.  I 
wonder if Harry's going to discover some heretofore unknown weakness 
of Voldemort's because of what he knows about his past?

That's all I can think of for now.  Any additions to list?

Diana L.