[HPforGrownups] Re: Death in HBP.

[Mira]

No: HPFGUIDX 130227

--- eggplant107 <eggplant107 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I concluded that Dumbledore would die at the end of
> book 6 long ago,
> about the time book 4 came out; it will make a great
> cliffhanger.
> After Dumbledore teaches Harry everything he knows
> (he will teach
> defense against the dark arts himself in the next
> book I think) he
> will have served his purpose and can't be around for
> Harry's big fight
> with Voldemort in book 7, Harry can't have a backup
> plan with
> Dumbledore waiting in the wings. The fate of the
> world will all be on
> Harry's shoulders alone. I further predict that his
> death will come
> about because Percy led the Headmaster and Harry
> into a trap,
> Dumbledore is killed and Harry nearly is, but Percy
> escapes justice,
> at least until the last book.  

Am I the only one who interprets the following
statement on Jo's page as meaning that Dumbledore will
make it to the end of the series?

"Section: F.A.Q.
We haven't heard the school song since the first book.
Did the teachers rebel against it?

Dumbledore called for the school song when he was
feeling particularly buoyant, but times are becoming
ever darker in the wizarding world. Should Dumbledore
ever suggest a rousing encore, you may assume that he
is on top form once more."

Of course, it is not unconceivable to hear Dumbledore
conduct the song from 'beyond the veil' so to say, but
we do know that dead people never come back, so I
would see this second option as a bit of cheating.

I suggest two other possible interpretations, which
are in agreement with most people thinking that
Dumbledore will die in book 6 (although I want to make
clear I am not one of those people):

- Harry and Voldemort lock wands once again, now in
the middle of the school; Dumbledore had been killed
by Voldemort, therefore his shadow comes out through
Priori Incantatem, and leads the students in a song
that gives Harry strength to vanquish the Dark Lord
once and forever.

or:

- Since Dumbledore is not afraid of death, the one
true sacrifice I can think of would be for him to
become a ghost, so that he could still be around Harry
and help him in the final battle. Upon happy
conclusion, Dumbledore's ghost soothes his longing for
an eternity of knowledge (the next big adventure) by
making the whole school join once again in Hogwarts'
song.

Of course, at limit Dumbledore might call for the song
from a portrait as well, but I still think that,
phoenix or no phoenix, we'll have the dear Headmaster
with us until the very end of the series (when he
might well give up on life himself, now that his
mission would have been accomplished).

The one thing I am curious about is: will the Weasley
twins still be the last to finish the song, long after
everybody else has become silent? I truly hope Jo will
give us this treat, or at least make other characters
imitate them in fond remembrance.

Mira


		
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