Seeking the truth / My math skills ARE worse than JKR :)

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No: HPFGUIDX 177599

Carol:
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> Another stray thought here: Regulus is also a Seeker, as Harry 
notices
> when he sees his photograph with his Slytherin team (none of whom 
is
> described as ugly or sneering, just boys waving from a photograph).
> Maybe Regulus also found a truth he wasn't seeking? Why bring in 
that
> detail at all except to create a symbolic bond between Harry and a
> Slytherin he never knew who also happened to be, like Harry, 
seventeen? 
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Alla:

I am falling asleep and may address more of your points tomorrow, 
but 
definitely wanted to address this one.

There is another similarity here at works, I think. Both Harry and 
Regulus die ( well Harry comes back of course) because they are not 
willing to let anybody else die for them or suffer for them.

Granted in Harry's case it is whole WW, in Reg's case it is just one 
House Elf, but I do think that JKR meant to show that if we think 
about it, there is not much difference at all, whether you are 
willing to sacrifice yourself to stop the sufferings 
of one person or many.

I do think Reg found the truth that Harry found too.  Is JKR saying 
that Regulus had the potential to be Harry of his generation by his 
newly found capacity to love as well? Or maybe capacity to love that 
he always had, but which was cut so tragically?


Sherry:

I believe the epilog takes place in 2017. Harry was born in 1980. He
defeated Voldemort in 1998. So, 19 years later would be 2018. I hope 
that
helps clear things up.


Alla:

Thanks dearest :)

DUH Alla.