Not getting this one..... LotR Spoiler

[Lorie J. O'Donnell]

No: HPFGUIDX 143274

On Nov 20, 2005, at 4:16 PM, h2so3f wrote:
> <LotR Spoiler>
> I keep remembering the scene from LotR where Frodo showed 
> Wormtongue mercy at Bag's End after the hobbits had banished
> old Saruman again, it was the contrast of the venomous Saruman 
> and the mercy of Frodo that caused Wormtongue to snap and 
> killed his own master. I think the plot dictates that there is 
> something Wormtail has to do in Book 7 to repay Harry his life 
> debt.


I agree.  I just spent the weekend re-reading the first three 
books, getting ready to start re-reading GOF, before I see the 
movie again.   At the end of COS Harry is really hard on himself, 
blaming himself for letting PP live, and taking the blame for the 
future return of LV.  AD makes a big point of telling Harry that 
he did the right thing saving PP, that his father would have done 
the same thing, and that a wizard who is saved by another wizard 
always has a life-debt to his savior.

Lorie


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