CHAPDISC:HBP19,Elf Tails/Life Debt

[carodave92]

No: HPFGUIDX 157551

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kathryn Jones <kjones@> 
> wrote:
> > 5.	Considering the information that we have been given on Life 
> Debts, is this
> > fore-shadowing of what will come in Book 7?  Has Arthur just 
> realized what this
> > could mean for the Weasley family?  Does the fact that he speaks 
in 
> a
> > constricted voice mean anything other than his distress at 
nearly 
> losing Ron? 
> 
> 
Carodave:
Maybe life debts are triggered by sparing - not saving - someone's 
life.  So when Harry rescues Ginny from the memory of Tom Riddle, 
there is no life debt, but when Harry spares Wormtail from being 
cursed by Lupin and Sirius, a life debt is triggered.  Similarly, 
Snape owes James a life debt for sparing his life, by pulling him 
back from the shrieking shack.  

Carodave