Horcrux Harry Will Die!

esmith222002 c.john at imperial.ac.uk
Fri Jul 22 08:21:56 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 134071

'Voldemort put a piece of himself in me?' said Harry thunderstruck.
'It certainly seems so'. COS p245 (UK edition)

Bearing in mind that JKR would have known all about Horcruxes at this 
point, I find this a VERY strong hint that Harry is definitely a 
Horcrux.

The other thing that struck me about book 6 is the number of times we 
saw the comment - neither can live, while the other survives.

There are two interpretations here;
1) Neither can freely live until the other is destroyed i.e. Harry 
has a bit of Voldemort inside him, whilst Harry's threat hangs over 
Voldemort.
2) If you focus on the NEITHER can live part, it means that if one 
dies, then they both die. Harry the Horcrux!!

It seems that what is most important to JKR is that we are completely 
shocked and surprised in her books. And she usualy manages it. What 
would be more shocking than Harry dying in book 7. It is something 
I'm sure we all worry about, but (be very honest here) do any of us 
truly believe that Harry won't survive book 7. 

My only hope is that Dumbledore's gleam of triumph in book 4, is 
because Voldemort has freed Harry from being a Horcrux by using his 
blood to reincarnate!

Brothergib







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