half blood prince

[arioth1]

No: HPFGUIDX 107716

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Fiona" <fionap19 at y...> wrote:
> What do we know for sure about the HBP?
> 
> JKR has confirmed its neither Harry nor Voldemort.
> JKR said that it had been the working title for book two.
> 
> My theory is that the HBP is Gilderoy Lockhart.
> 
> JKR brought him back in book five, and it is possible to argue that 
> Gilderoy relates to a "Gilded King" and he's certainly foppish 
enough 
> to be like some Prince, well divorced from reality.
> 
> Just a theory....  any opinions?

My favorite theory is that the HBP is Justin Finch Fletchley.  

He is muggle-born.  He was supposed to go to Eton, a college for the 
rich and royalty before being accepted at Hogwarts.  I think this 
could be significant.  Why would well-off, possibly royal muggles 
send their child to Hogwarts, which they presumably know little about 
instead of the prestigious Eaton?

He was mentioned in the book 1 in the sorting ceremony.
He is more prominently featured in book 2 where he was petrified by 
the basilisk.  We are told that book 2 holds important clues to book 
6.  Ineed to reread book 2 again to ferret out some of those clues in 
this new context.  Maybe I can come up with more compelling 
evidence.  

Ari