Will Harry really die in the 7 th book

Sally Altass sallyaltass at yahoo.co.uk
Sun Aug 13 17:37:05 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 156893

>Shirlee wrote (snipped)
>  In the first book, I forget where exactly,
> but the centaurs see it in the stars. Firenze is yelled at by Bane
> in the Forbidden Forest not to interfere with what has been fortold,
> and though they may have seen the rise of Voldemort, I believe they
> have also seen the fall of Harry.

However, in the same section, Firenze replies to Bane that the stars
have been wrong before, and so even though it would appear that
Firenze is 'interfering' (for want of a better word) in what has been
foretold, IMO he isn't.  In OotP, Firenze makes a point of teaching
the students that not everything in the stars is what it seems, and
for them not to place too much faith in predicting the future as
nothing is for certain.  To be honest, JKR doesn't seem to place very
much in Divination, as she constantly makes references to how woolly
and inaccurate predictions can be.  Even the Prophecy which Prof. Trewlaney makes re: Harry and LV could have gone different ways.

Sally












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