[HPforGrownups] OotP Chapter Discussion: 36, Only One He Ever Feared

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 122232


Monday, January 17, 2005, 3:41:39 PM, a_rude_mechanical wrote:

a> ---The fountain and its subsequent destruction in this chapter is a 
a> rather glaring metaphor.  Does the destruction reflect/foreshadow 
a> something?  If so, what?

I think it is a metaphor for the destruction of the MoM's long-standing
delusion that the Wizarding World is one of peace and harmony.  (Note
DD's remarks in the next chapter about how the statue "told a lie".)

-- 
Dave