format of the book 7 title

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 163151

Allie wrote:
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> Was anyone else a little surprised at the format of the book 7 
> title?  It doesn't seem to fit with the titles of the rest of the 
> series.  Most of the titles are, "Harry Potter and the Something of 
> Something."  I wonder why she didn't call book 7, "Harry Potter and 
> the Hallows of Death" or Hallows of whatever else.  I think it would 
> have been just as effective and just as creepy.
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> Just wondering.
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> Allie (who leaves the dissection of the meaning of the title to 
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Carol responds:

As I said in (in slightly diffeent words) another post, two other
titles have had the format "Harry Potter and the Modifier Noun." (I'm
using "modifier" rather than "adjective" since, strictly speaking,
"philosopher's" (or "sorceror's") is a possessive noun functioning as
an adjective.) One of those titles, PS/SS, referred to an object; the
other, HBP, referred to a person. To me it seems likely that, by
process of elimination, this title refers to a place (or places). 

Unfortunately, the overall sequence of the titles doesn't help us
much. At any rate, I can't see a pattern:

SS/PS: object
CoS: place
PoA: person
GoF: object
OoP: people/organization
HBP: person
HD: ???

It does seem as if it's time for another place, but I'm not betting on
it. Yet.

Carol, who finally has a quiet moment to herself for catching up on
posting!