Book 7 Title

Jen Reese stevejjen at earthlink.net
Thu Dec 21 17:09:32 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 163006

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> After an initial stopped-dead-in-my-tracks 'huh', I'm ready to
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> 1.  Hallows is used as a noun (although my dictionary does not do
> so), so it must be a person, place or thing.  I think it is a place.

Jen: I thought of All Hallow's Eve after looking up the word in my 
dictionary and that made me think of Godric's Hollow.  Like the 
Deathly Hallows (Eve).  


> 2.  Hallow means sacred or holy, so the place must be sacred in some
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> 3.  Is it deathly because many people die there, because it is in
> the underworld or is heaven, or something else?  Until I think up
> something better, I'll bet only the pure in heart can go there and
> emerge unscathed.
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> 4.  Is it the Locked Room?  That would make it a bit like heaven,
> too.

Jen:  I really like this idea, especially since the Locked Room is 
the most likely place for Voldemort to meet his end given the dual 
themes of death and love.  Then that might mean Godric's Hollow and 
the Deathly Hallows of the Locked Room are linked in JKR's mind,  
Voldemort's demise was a combination of Lily's sacrifice and what 
Harry has to do in book 7 to finally defeat him.







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