Incomplete Prophecy

[aboutthe1910s]

No: HPFGUIDX 107206

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "esmith222002" <c.john at i...> wrote:
<snip>If this prophecy is complete, then it is grammatically very
poor. It consists of one long sentence, containing several 'ands', and
doesn't make complete sense.<snip>


Now me (aboutthe1910s):
While this is an interesting theory, I think that the awkwardness of
the grammatical arrangement is actually *due* to the fact that she put
so much caution and attention into writing this sentence, and the fact
that it is *supposed* to be a bit vague--the future itself is vauge,
and it's only fitting that a prochecy made probably 17-18 years before
the events will play themselves out in their entirety should be as
well.  And the sentence isn't actually grammatically *incorrect*,
merely awkward.


esmith222002:
<snip>I was always confused by the fact that Voldemort spends the
whole of OOTP trying to get hold of the prophecy, and yet when he
encounters Harry, he attempts to kill him without a second thought! If
the prophecy is supposed to be providing Voldemort with the knowledge
of how to defeat Harry, then how can he be so reckless in trying to
kill Harry, when he is still unclear about what the prophecy says!<snip>


Me (aboutthe1910s) again:
Then again, I was also a bit befuddled by this as well, so maybe you
are on to something...

aboutthe1910s