Horcrux in each book?Using the Mirror of Erised to find Horcruxes

radasgat radasgat at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 2 02:47:35 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 143873

> Will:
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> Now that we have seemed to discover a Horcrux from every book, do you
> think that JKR deliberately placed one Horcrux in each book? I haven't
> had time to review the third and fourth book, but it seems that the
> first, second, fifth, and sixth all have a Horcrux mentioned in them.
> I don't think it's a coincidence that there are 7 books, and 7
Horcruxes. 
> 

Radasgat:
I like the idea that there is a horcrux in each of the 7 books.
There's a logical neatness about that idea that appeals. But I don't
think it holds water; and I don't think that the mirror is one of
them.  Seems to me that Myrtle was killed by the Basilisk, and even if
the murder doesn't have to be directly from the wand of the horcrux
creator, seems like the mirror would have to be in the bathroom at the
time. Hmmm...maybe.. but that's a lot of stretching.

Seems like we know what many of the horcrux's are already.  The
locket, the diary, ravenclaw's thing, and hufflepuff's thing. (sorry,
no book in front of me and its been several months since I last read
it).  That's 4 already.  Maybe we can attribute the locket to book 5.
 But the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw objects were never brought to light
until book 6.  

I think I better re-read book 6, its been too long.

Radasgat










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