Sorting Hat / Re: Slytherins

[rlace2003]

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Carrie <scarrie5 at ...> wrote:
> I agree. Because JKR has stressed a few times through the sorting
> hat that the 4 houses need to unite, I believe that the Slytherins
> in book 7 will somehow come around to the other 3 houses opinion of
> LV.  <snip>


Ryan:

I think The Sorting Hat's doing more than just stressing that the 4
houses need to unite.  Remember from his last song:

"I sort you into Houses
Because that is what I'm for,
But this year I'll go further,
Listen closely to my song:
Though condemned I am to split you
Still I worry that it's wrong,
Though I must fulfill my duty
And must quarter every year
Still I wonder whether sorting
May not bring the end I fear."

It seems more like The Sorting Hat's saying that the sorting itself
is (and has been?) a mistake.

Ryan