CHAPDISC: 34, The Forest Again.

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No: HPFGUIDX 185000

"Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at ...> 

> What was your overall reaction to 
> this chapter and all its events?

 I thought it was one of the most powerful chapters in the entire
Harry Potter series, rivaled only by a few chapters in Goblet of Fire.
However I did think "The Forest Again" was a crumby title, and I think
instead of Voldemort saying "Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived" he
should have said "The Man Who Died". Come to think of it that would
have made a much better title for the entire chapter. Imagine the
heart palpitation of a first time reader who reads that chapter name
in the table of contents.  

I also wonder if JRR was ever tempted to end things at that point,
imagine if the entire saga had ended with the words "He saw the mouth
move and a flash of green light, and everything was gone."

THE END

You've got to admit that would have been sort of cool. And the riots
and blood in the streets that would produce would be most amusing.

 Eggplant