MOM battle in OOTP

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 150573

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Karen Jones" <nykaren24 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi,
> This is my first post, so please forgive me if this question has 
> already been discussed to death. 
> I was rereading OOTP the other day, and something struck me about 
the 
> battle at the MOM at the end of the book. Harry starts out at the 
MOM 
> with Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna and Neville. However, by the time 
he 
> reaches the Veil Room for the final showdown with the Death Eaters, 
> only he and Neville are left. All of the others have been 
incapacitated 
> in some way and are in other rooms.
> 
> I also noticed that Neville didn't make it far in this last battle 
> before being pretty much taken out of commission by the Jelly-Legs 
Jinx 
> and his broken nose. Of the two of them, only Harry is still 
standing 
> when the Order members burst in.
> 
> Knowing what we now know about the prophecy, do you think this was 
a 
> foreshadowing/hint from JKR? Am I the last person on Earth to 
notice it?
> 
> Karen
>

Hickengruendler:

First of all, Welcome. :-)

And yes, I do think it was symbolical that Harry and Neville were the 
last ones standing fighting for the prophecy, seeing that it were 
them, about whom it could have been. I also think it possible, that 
the fact that the boys destroyed the prophecy in the end might be 
some foreshadowing as well, in that they (and Harry especially) take 
the fate in their own hands.

Harry being the last one standing was IMO not some foreshadwoing, but 
simply logical, since he was the one, who had the most experiences.

Hickengruendler