[HPforGrownups] Books 6 & 7

[Hans Andréa]

No: HPFGUIDX 106951

Hans Andra wrote:

> 4 Ron and Hermione will die by decapitation but will live on or live again
> in Harry through the alchemical process. 90%

In response squeakinby wrote: 

In a "children's book" given that innocent people are actually being 
decapitated by insane terrorists in the world NOW???  JKR would have be mad!

Certainty of this scenario not happening  100%

Jem

Hans' response to Jem's post:

Thanks for your reaction. However it was a knee-jerk one as I think you'll
have to admit. This came from the heart rather than the head (referring to
my explanation in point 2).

1. Book 7 might take another 4 or 5 years to appear. Today's atrocities will
be forgotten by then and replaced by something else, probably worse.

2. Harry Potter is not a children's book. The septology is for all of
humanity. Children are open to liberating truths and so they started reading
it first. However this book is for everyone.

3. In any case the characters by then will be nearly 18 - adults. The
writing has grown with the characters. By book 7 I should think it will be
totally adult.

4. Jo can't change the story now even if she wants to. She has stated
categorically that she can't - all the clues are laid, the core essence is
set. If an event in the book that was planned back in 1980 happens to
coincide with a world event today, or in 2008, there's not much she can do
about it now.

5. Just because John the Baptist was beheaded do we stop printing the Bible
because terrorists are doing this today? The message in Harry Potter is as
timeless as the Bible.

6. The decapitation I'm talking about is a symbolical one. No one's really
being killed. I trust Jo's ability to make this meaningful and acceptable,
as everything else has been. 

7. I said they'd be decapitated - I didn't say they'd be executed. Perhaps
the decapitation will happen some other way. Perhaps by magic, perhaps by
some accident, I just don't know.

8. The death is primary, the decapitation is secondary. If I had to split
the probabilities here I'd say death 95%, decapitation 85%. Perhaps they'll
die some other way, though a powerful symbolism would be lost.

9. There are two other pointers to decapitation I haven't included in my
original post:

A. The decapitation of the wizard in the fountain in the atrium of the MoM.
B. The decapitation of Darnay in "A Tale of Two Cities", by Charles Dickens.
Jo has stated that this is her favourite book ending.

I hope I've succeeded in making my scenario seem less unlikely.

With respect and warm regards,

Hans in Holland





	
	
		
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