CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS: Chapter Thirty-Eight - The Second War Begins

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No: HPFGUIDX 124619



> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Dan Feeney" 
<darkthirty at s...> wrote:
> > 2 - There are a couple versions of "afterlife" presented here - 
> > Nick's and Luna's. What is the difference - or rather, if one 
> version 
> > is consternating and the other comforting, what is Rowling 
getting 
> at?
> 
Lyra:
It's a message about faith. Luna has faith that she'll see
her loved 
ones after she dies. Nick, on the other hand, didn't have the
faith 
needed to make that journey. He chose to stay on Earth as a pale 
version of himself, and I think he now regrets that decision. 
Lyra