CoS clues to Books 6 & 7 analysis

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 104059

Diana L.
> 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. <snip>

> 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. 

Jen: This makes a good visual, a source of power that Voldemort 
posesses. I think that moment in OOTP, when Harry thinks of Sirius 
and expels Voldemort from possessing him, is the key. If Harry is 
saved by his heart, then surely Voldemort is doomed by his fear? If 
Harry has anything, it is his ability to draw people and situations 
to him out of his selfless need to defeat evil. Voldemort, OTOH, is 
constantly finding misery, defeat and betrayl in his attempts to 
overcome good. Another source of his power is the DE's--if they were 
to turn on him, he wouldn't have power over anyone, which he seems 
to feed off of.

Related to this idea, is the process happening to Ginny and Tom 
Riddle in the chamber. As he grows stronger, Ginny grows weaker, and 
vice-versa. That's what I envision happening to Harry and LV. The 
scene in COS was the first clue, then the scene above in OOTP--
"Neither can live while the other survives." Whether it will happen 
literally, metaphorically, symbolically, who knows!?! But somehow 
Harry & Voldemort's sources of power will do battle, just like the 
brother wands in GOF.

Thanks, Diana--nice post!

Jen Reese