I gave my book to a friend. What was the reason stated in the book that Dumbledor wanted Hermoine to read the story of the 3 brothers?
My memory is that if anyone had all three hallows, that person would be the master of death. And wasn’t it implied that Harry was the mater of death because he had no fear of death? But he didn’t need the hallows to lose his fear of death just inner resolve.
His death would be a charm to protect his friends?
I’m not sure I understand your statement and question there.
Best as I can tell, to instigate a wild goose chase for the Deathly Hallows in order to slow down the quest for the Horcruxes so that Harry does not luanch himself into the final battle before he understands that he must willingly sacrifice himself in order to win.
It seems like a wand can be broken by entirely mundane means, though. In CoS, Ron’s wand got broken when the car crashed into the Whomping Willow. Why wouldn’t Harry do the same thing with the Elder wand?
And putting it back in Dumbledore’s tomb? That’s already been proven to be an insecure hiding place - I don’t recall that Voldy had to do any particularly skilled magic to get at it once he figured out where it was.
Yes, this is explicitly stated in the book, page 591
See, that’s why Neville was able to escape when Voldie set him on fire.
Yeah, that struck me as slightly stupid, as well. Dumbledore’s tomb will forever be a high-profile place, and it’s not hard to imagine unscrupulous wizards poking in at some point to see if there are any valuables or artifacts buried with one of the greatest wizards of all time.
If I were Harry, I’d split the Elder Wand in 10+ pieces (if possible), then bury half of them in heavily guarded places (like Gringotts), and half of them in places with absolutely no significance whatsoever (say, the middle of the Pacific Ocean). If the Elder Wand couldn’t be broken or split, I’d choose a completely random, but somewhat secure place, like a random Muggle bank in Rio de Janeiro.
Pretty good book. However, Harry should have died. I was all ready for him to die nobly; everything after felt like a cheat.
Actually he might have. His parents weren’t destroyed (tortured into insanity) until after Voldemort disappeared. The Lestranges went after Frank and Alice hoping the Longbottoms knew something about Voldemort’s whereabouts. So Alice might well have been on-hand to try to protect Neville, given the chance to run, and died.
Just verifying, on the deaths of Lupin and Tonks…when Harry mentions them in the same breath as Fred (as having died at the hands of the Death Eaters), I was surprised. I’d missed this happening in the text. I even went back skimmed the previous 100 pages or so for mention of their death, but didn’t find anything (apart from a mention of two bodies falling from a great height).
I’ve seen people say in this forum that they died “off-screen,” but had no way of knowing that…and the way Harry mentioned it made it seem like it was something I should have remember reading. Help?
The first time you know they are dead or even close to it is when Harry sees them lying with the rest of the dead. There is no part of the book that tells you it.
I like it. It quite realistic and true to life. A battle that size would have lots of things happening and only afterwards could you even begin to find out what happens.
Finally finished the book and thought it was outstanding. But there is one thing that I didn’t like. One key piece of information that Harry, Ron and Hermoine acquired was about the Gryffindor Sword. What bugged me was that it seemed so fortuitous that they got the information from the Goblins who just happened to be discussing the fact it was a fake near Harry wwho just happee nd to apparate to that general area at that time.
Don’t know if this was mentioned upthread, but I thought it was appropriate that each horcrux was destroyed by a different person: [ol]
[] Diary by Harry [] Ring / Rock Hallow by Dumbledore [] Slytherin’s Locket by Ron [] Hufflepuff’s Cup by Hermione [] Ravenclaw’s Diadem by Crabbe [] Nagini by Neville Harry by Voldemort [/ol]
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Don’t know if this was mentioned upthread, but I thought it was appropriate that each horcrux was destroyed by a different person: [ol]
[li] Diary by Harry [] Ring / Rock Hallow by Dumbledore [] Slytherin’s Locket by Ron [] Hufflepuff’s Cup by Hermione [] Ravenclaw’s Diadem by Crabbe [] Nagini by Neville [] Harry by Voldemort [/ol][/li][/QUOTE]
Yes, I also thought that was cool.
Could you point me to where in the book it says this, prior to 693? It would greatly ease my sanity. Or is the excerpt below where we first hear of it?
I’m sitting in work so don’t have the book with me. There is a mention of seeing them laid out dead just after the battle before the one you mention though. It’s only a sentence or two though.
“Harry had a clear view of their bodies, Remus and Tonks, pale and still peaceful looking, apparently asleep beneth the dark, enchanted ceiling.” p.661 towards the bottom of the page.
Thank you thank you thank you! Exactly what I was looking for…I nominate Shera for Golden Snitch patrol on the SDBoard Quidditch team.
J. K. Rowling answers a whole bunch of fan questions in a chat at this link.
I cannot help but be impressed by how accessible she has made herself to her fans. I mean, this woman is worth more than four times A-Rod’s entire contract, but she doesn’t seem to make a point of separating herself.
Thank you for the link, which did answer a bunch of remaining questions. Except I hated the format, with the oldest stuff on the bottom.
Ooh! Ooh! I was right!