Deathly Hallows: Central Theme or Distraction?

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 172280

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "chuck.han" <csh at ...> wrote:
> The biggest problem I have with the Deathly Hallows theme is that it
> seems that Dumbledore never intended Harry to garner all three objects
> and become the Master of Death: as Harry states quite clearly,
> Dumbledore intended to die as the final owner of the Elder Wand, and
> it was only by accident that Harry (via Draco) becomes its owner.  Yet
> he wills the Resurrection Stone to Harry and the "The Tales of Beedle
> the Bard" to Hermione.  Could Dumbledore have changed his will while
> slumping on the Lightning Struck Tower?  Could Dumbledore have known
> that Voldemort would pursue the Elder Wand and was trying to give
> Harry more knowledge about it and its relationship to the other two
> objects?  Would knowledge of the Deathly Hallows help Harry in his
> search for the Horcruxes?

va32h here:

You don't need all three of the Hallows in order for any one of them to 
work. Dumbledore left Harry the Resurrection Stone, in hopes that he 
would use it to summon up the courage to walk to his death. 

Dumbledore left Hermione the book, so she could explain to Harry what 
the stone was - but Dumbledore expected all this to take some time, so 
that Harry wouldn't use the stone prematurely and unwisely (as 
Dumbledore did himself). 

I am not certain if Dumbledore knew Voldemort would pursue the wand or 
not...there's a lot of confusing, conflicting stuff about the wand. At 
one point, Dumbledore says he intends to die willingly, thus ending the 
power of the wand, and at another point he says he intended Snape to 
get the wand...maybe he meant get it and get rid of it (Snape certainly 
doesn't use it). 

This is one of many areas that I think were very sloppily edited. I 
fear that the publishers' rush to time the book release with the latest 
movie resulted in a messy narrative. 

va32h