LOTR Parallels in HBP

[lealess]

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<tankgirl73 at s...> wrote:
 >
 >We have:
 >
 >1.  Pieces of soul stored in a ring
 >2.  Evil giant spiders
 >3.  The bodies of the dead guarding a path through water (Inferi in
HP; 
 >Dead Marshes in LOTR)
 >4.  Evil servants bent and twisted to the nefarious purposes of the 
 >leader (Death Eaters in HP; Nazgul in LOTR)
 >5.  Young, purehearted heros (Frodo & Sam; Harry & Ron)
 >6.  Great Wizards (Dumbledore; Gandalf)
 >7.  Reflective basins which reveal hidden thoughts of the past 
 >(Pensieve in HP) and future (Galadriel's Mirror in LOTR).
 >8.  Wise forest creatures who speak in riddles (Ents in LOTR; 
 >C'ent'aurs in HP)
 >
 >Any others I've missed?
 >

lealess:

Others have noted HP similarities to LOTR:
http://www.mugglenet.com/hpvslotr.shtml

Let's suppose that this story is (slowly) following the outline of The
Lord of the Rings.
We have an initially reluctant, heroic young man, set to do a daunting
task and right wrongs from the past
We have friends going off on the great adventure, forsaking their
comfortable but changing homeworld
We have other warriors for the good fighting on other fronts (the
Order)
We have, of course, the great wizard, now gone
Let's not forget the great, non-human evil itself
And he's got a posse
We have the many non-DE supporters of evil on the home front, either
active (Fudge) or passive (Borgin & Burkes)
We have the would-be warlords aligned with evil (Lucius Malfoy)
We have the flawed principalities (Ministry, Durmstrang)
We have leaving an ideal place for a darker world of doom and destiny
So... what's left?  Pathetic Gollum.  The one who saves the day!
Who is Gollum in the story?
It couldn't really be Dobby, could it?

Suppose it's Severus Snape
What can we expect from him, then?
He will do something wholly selfish which will save the day
What would cause him to do that wholly selfish thing?  Dark Arts? the
past?

Or is Snape Wormtongue? no, that's probably Wormtail
Or is Snape Boromir? that's probably Draco

Aragorn?  The Half-Blood Prince, reclaiming his throne?