LOTR Parallels in HBP

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 133529

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Katherine Coble <k.coble at c...> 
wrote:

> 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?
> 
> Not that I think JKR is copying (she's most definitely not....)  
but 
> what are the odds we'll see Dumbledore resurrected in some form?

Hannah: With any books from the same genre you can find some 
parallels.  I find canon most similar to the 'Children of the Red 
King' stories by Jenny Nimmo, which came after HP and is more for 
younger children than HP is.  

The biggest nod to Tolkien in HBP, IMO, is the use of the name 
Proudfoot.  That's a hobbit name from LOTR, and JKR uses it for one 
of the Aurors stationed at Hogsmeade. 

I doubt we'll see DD resurrected.  The whole message that DD gives 
throughout the books is that death is not to be feared, but viewed 
as a new adventure.  I hope we'll see Fawkes back.  I think there's 
a danger in taking HP and comparing it to any other series and 
saying 'that happened there so it will happen here.'  There's too 
many series it could apply to for one thing, and I've seen it done 
to often and disproved for another.

Sadly.  I'd like to see DD back.  I just don't think we will.

Hannah