Posted on 07/21/2007 5:18:11 PM PDT by JenB
So you finally know what happens to Harry. All our questions are answered. Or not. What are your reactions? Whose death hurt the most? Do you want more, and about whom?
SPOILERS are ok on this thread! You have been warned!
Wow. It's over.
I believe it was also a good lesson to see Dumbledore’s character flaws - that he wasn’t this totally perfect, extra-human goodie goodie; that he could finally acknowledge that in front of someone who hero worshipped him, and still manage to mentor him successfully.
Poor Luna. To judge by her bedroom, she didn't have any real friends in her own House. Do you get the feeling that Cho and Marietta were in the cliche of Ravenclaw girls gossiping about her and hiding her things?
Wow! That's insightful!!
I would have gotten it, but I like tragedies and I like stories that mess with you. I’m not sure I would have liked it more, but I would have liked it. But I think there would have been a serious uprising, you definitely wouldn’t have been alone in hating the ending.
I wondered why Fawkes didn’t come and revive Snape but he led such a sad life with his unrequited love that he wouldn’t have been happy. I wonder if he’s in a portrait in the headmasters office?
My nephew liked the fleshing out of Dumbledore also, and that he had flaws in his youth.
And as a wizened adult, as well. Don’t forget he put on the cursed ring because he was still taken with its power.
I haven't seen anyone on this thread mention it, but this book doesn't seem to shed much light on the significance of the 'Remember my last...' message from Dumbledore to Petunia in OOTP... there was mention of her writing to Dumbledore as a child, and him sending a polite reply, but 1.) that wasn't really his "last" correspondence, because he did leave a letter with infant Harry, IIRC, and 2.) even if it was, what would that have to do with the context of throwing Harry out of the house in OOTP?
I think that Harry’s death would be sad, but it wouldn’t be tragic. It would have been following a tried and true formula called The Hero’s Journey. It would have been an interesting twist on the formula to have Harry’s death be the actual final triumph. J.K. Rowlings pointed out again and again in the book (and in the series) that death isn’t always a tragedy. It’s sad for the living, but I wouldn’t say that Harry dying, really dying, and killing Voldemort in the process would be tragic (heroic more likely).
BTW, literary geeks aren’t turned on by either a classic tragedy or a classic hero’s journey; they’d probably salivate at no resolution ala black screen on the Sopranos.
I guess it must have been a bitter pill to swallow that Dumbledore wouldn’t let her go to Hogwarts but then wanted her to keep Harry.
I thought he put on the ring because he wanted to bring his family back to life, he was still unable to accept what he had done couldn’t be undone.
Actually “readciton” is rather intriquing.
Thanks for the thread!
Go see it at the Imax so you can see the fight at the Ministry of Magic in 3D.
I went to the Premiere in Birmingham at the Imax dome..Leaning back in your seat,surrounded by the screen was cool, but talk about motion sickness when they are flying on their brooms.
When I went to see it at the regular Imax in San Antonio where they have 3D, that was neat, too.Love the old timey 3-D glasses.
I had forgotten that! Yeah, that would've been a good end.
I know what you mean but I have to agree with someone else - I don’t know if I would have found him as intriguing if someone besides Rickman was playing him.
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