Dumbledore: Harry Potter :: Obi-Wan: Luke Skywalker

[Samantha Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 133830

Hey guys,
   I mostly lurk here but do post occasionally.  I just was wanting to bring to light something my boyfriend said about a week ago (before the book was out).  He was saying that he imagined DD would pull an Obi-Wan for Harry and let Harry watch him die at the hand of the DEs/LV, therefore making it even more personal and awful for him.  
 
His parents died at the hands of LV, but somehow DD dying at his bidding seems more awful, IMO.  It makes it more real because he's seen it firsthand.  And this is very different than Sirius' death.  Sirius was a relatively new character, and Harry did look up to him as a father figure.  But I think the major difference here is the body.  Harry could see and touch and feel that DD was dead.  The same can't be said for Sirius.  He simply fell away, and it almost had the feeling of a good friend who goes on vacation and stops calling you.  
 
But Obi-Wan wanted Vader to kill him, saying he would become more powerful than Vader could ever imagine.  Of course, if this were a true parallel, this would have to mean that Snape didn't kill DD at DD's orders, as many think.  I would also like to think this.  And not for Snape's sake, but for DD's sake.  I just expected something more grande for DD's big exit (which everyone knew was coming).  I expected a few last notes of instruction to Harry as he inhaled his dying breaths.  But if DD had died in that cave at the beach, would we have blamed Harry as we are blaming Snape?  We are always told to look at the big picture.  And, HBP being the most straightforward of the series, I think JKR laid everything out for book 7 just a little too perfectly.  That's totally not her style.  There has to be a twist.  
 
Just a few thoughts,
 
Samantha

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