Ironic Justice
Hagrid
aussie_lol at yahoo.com.au
Sat Jul 28 16:22:47 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 173470
JKR used great irony with each chosen character.
Umbridge, so strongly focused on Pure-Blood families ... yet had to
invent a "family heirloom" pretending the locket with the "S" was for
Selwyn descendants. For all we know, her toad-like face comes from
being part-Hag.
Dumbledore trusted Snape with things never told to any other Order
member, yet never entrusted with the information given to Harry
(Hallows and Horcruxes).
Neville's bogart was Snape. Yet it was Neville who killed Snape's
assassin, Nagini. (No-one would approach Voldemort, yet Neville
charged at him. 10000 points to Gryffindor thanks to Neville.)
Trelawney's ability as a seer shone. First, Moody would have been the
first of the 13 to rise from the planning table to escort Harry from
Privot Drive. (4th year Christmas dinner prediction for a 13 seat
table)
Then, she saw something in her crystal balls ... she saw TARGETS !
The vehicle the trio used to escape Gringotts would make Hagrid
envious.
Enlisting the aid of House Elves, Goblins, Centaurs, Thestrells,
Hippogriffs, Mandrakes, plus one and a half giants. All the allies
Umbridge would loathe.
The role of Dumbledore will be argued extensively in other posts. But
then for Harry to name his son after the 2 men who hide his most
important life long secrets (Albus and Severus) instead of Fred,
Dobby, Alister, Sirius, etc was a sign of Harry's ability to forgive
more than credit to those past headmasters.
And the famous Chapter 13. In other books it was the one that held the
secret that had to be unravelled. In Deathly Hallow, it was the Anti-
Muggleborn laws. A tribute to Amnesty International's intolerance for
bigotry and prejudice.
Hope you enjoyed the read,
aussie
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