Half-Blood Prince ( was Merlin's Beard!)

[A.J.]

No: HPFGUIDX 126586


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:

> The half-blood prince could be someone alive now or in the past.  
It 
> could be a story about that person.  But the person that it refers 
> to must be a Christ figure because of the symbolism that runs 
> throughout the HP series.  We see so much symbolism of Christ in 
> Harry that it led me to think that Harry was the Christ until the 
> 5th book when he does in fact fall from grace and commits a sin.  
> The real XC (Christ) would not have done that.  DD shows signs of 
> the Christ as well with his patronus being a phoenix and with 
> Faulks, etc.  So the symbolism of XC is everywhere in the series.  
> John Granger also points this out in his Book "Looking for God in 
> Harry Potter".

Hey, you read that book!  Did you read his earlier book, _The hidden 
key to Harry Potter_ from a few years ago?  (It is quite interesting, 
and has useful literary background information.)  There he considers 
Harry not as the Christ figure, but as Everyman.  You're right, there 
is lots of symbolism in the septology.  JG sees DD as Pater figure, 
Salazaar Slytherin/LV/etc. as Satan figures, and Harry as Everyman 
who must seek the right choices.  Something to ponder...

A.J.