similarities to LOTR

[meg_lsu]

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meg_lsu:
I posted something about this elsewhere but wanted to see if others
thought the same thing.  I know Rowling has said she respected Tolkien
a lot and got some of her ideas from his writing.  But while reading
the section in DH when they were camping I just kept thinking it was a
bit too similar too "Lord of the Rings."

Them walking through the woods like Frodo and Sam on the
never ending walk to Mordor. The Order of Phoenix saying they'd
know if Harry were alive or not like the Fellowship sensing Frodo
was still alive. The locket when around their necks making them
feel anger like when the ring starts pulling Frodo. When Sam leaves
Frodo and returns the hero (film version of LOTR anyway) like Ron
leaving and coming coming back helping to get the sword. I just
kept thinking LOTR when I was reading this part. Hsving to destroy the
horcruxes like having to destroy the one ring. I really loved this
book, it's just this one part that I felt like it wasn't HP anymore.
A lot of the magic of HP for me has been Hogwarts and while I
understood why Harry couldn't go back for his 7th year I wanted to
know what was going on there a bit more than the whole endless camping.

meg_lsu