So I happened to be looking back at some old email archives. My friends had discussed Harry Potter 6, and well, maybe…by chance, there might have been some useful information in that book. Also, for note, I did not read book 5, but I saw the movie.
Oh well, it’s kinda like my education. Skip some, try and figure out what’s going on, ask a few questions of friends, and maybe later go back to fill in the blanks and get valuable information that might have made my quest a lot simpler.
Spoilers follow…
Chp 16 – Well, JK gets some flak from some very conservative Christian groups because the books deal with witchcraft. Well, they will be pleased to know that JK sneaks some scripture into her story. Now these are not allusions, or approximations, but it matches up exactly with my little Gideon’s Bible. Don’t worry; I’m sure those that hate witchcraft will continue to do so, for even the Devil used scripture while tempting Jesus. I just found it interesting.
At Dumbledore’s mom & sister’s grave is “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (Matthew 6:21, from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.)
At Harry’s parents grave is “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” ( I Corinthians 15:26)
Chp 17 – The Snake was animating a corpse; the kids fell for a trap. They were warned they’d encounter magic they’ve never heard of. Hmmm…I wonder if it will get creepier. Harry’s wand got broke, that can’t be good.
Chp 18 – Dumbledore & Grindelwald and “the greater good”. They fought in ’45. I am curious about the wizards during war, do they take sides? Or is it simply Muggles fighting? And during WW2, maybe that would be a good example on why Muggles can’t be trusted to govern themselves.
Chp 19 – Silver Doe patronis. Gee Harry…is it too good to be true. You sure are a trusting fool. Oh, I guess it wasn’t a trap. Ron’s back!! Thanks to the Deluminator. “Dumbledore always knew you would want to come back.” Hermione is pissed at Ron. I think she likes him.
Chp 20 – So they can track you down if you say the name Voldemort. Is that what gave them away back in Chp 4?
Chp 21 – talk to Lovegood about the legend of the Deathly Hollows. And he turns them in to get his daughter back.
Chp 22 – Wow, were at March already. I am glad that JK didn’t do the day-by-day tedium that JRR did with Frodo’s march through the death swamps.
Chp 23 – a few minor wizards and a werewolf quickly and easily capture them. Remember this. It is one of JK faults…HarryRonHermione easily get captured by this group, who later challenges Bellatrix and they are quickly furiously defeated, but later HarryRonHermione defeat Bellatrix. Sometimes, there isn’t consistently in how battles match up. (But then again, there was that one year that the lottery bound Sonics beat the champion bound Lakers in every regular season game.) One interesting thing, Draco seems nervous to identify Potter. Has Draco had a change of heart? Doby saves the day.
Doby dies. Dang it, I never liked that house-elf until now. Wow, JK is dropping people Harry cares about left and right. Are Ron & Hermione safe???
Chp 24 Doby’s burial, very heartful. I would assume that Hedwigs passing was just as heartfelt, only JK didn’t want the book to be too long. I am a little miffed at how little it seemed to matter. I thought the owl was a sort of friend.
Talk of wizard – goblin race relations. Now this I find intriguing. Blah, blah…wand lore. Oh yeah, Dumbledor had the Elderwand.
Chp 25 Wow…I’m like a goblin, and so are Metallica. Well, at least when it comes to intellectual property, “rightful and true master of any object is the maker not the purchaser.” And with my fondness for digging, I thought I was a dwarf. Well, the goblins like to dig tunnels too.
Chp 26 – Three kids break into Gringotts…the second safest place. Once again JK gives them super luck.
Chp 27 – at some cottage with friends
Chp 28 – Aberforth, Dumbledore’s brother. Ah…so that’s who has been peering through the mirror at Harry. Well…more solid proof that Dumbledore’s really dead. (Yeah, like I believe it.) Aberforth does say, “funny thing, how many of the people my brother cared about very much ended in a worse state.” So, Dumbledore is a user. I am sure he rationalizes it since it is for the greater good.
Chp 29 – Neville’s back. I like Neville. I can relate to him, the bumbling tag along who isn’t in the inner circle but still tries to help out. Oh yeah…from the 5th movie I just saw, can’t prophecies only be found by those they are about? And didn’t Neville get the prophecy that they thought was about Voldemort & Harry. Oh no. Is JK gonna kill off Neville. Room of requirement is back as a fort / hideout…but I seem to remember that it was not impenetrable from the 5th movie. (JK makes allusion to Neville is very good about being very specific about what you need to ask the room to do…so maybe I’ll let her get away with it.)
Chp 30 – Now this is the exciting part for me. I liked it in Willow when Mad Mardigan & Willlow were running around the castle; get ready to hold off the bad guys. I like in Fellowship when they have to hold off the orcs from the tomb in Mordor. I liked the mini-series Massada. And I like the Alamo. (Nope, don’t like “300” but I think that’s Frank Miller’s fault.) I like the get ready to hold off the overpowering force. And then the ensuing battle, too.
Let’s see, McGonagal & others make Snape flee. Is that just a bit too convenient? Remember he allegedly killed Dumbledore, so in theory he should be powerful.
And Cliffhanger! Ron & Herminone are missing!!
Well, only 151 pages left, but I gotta go feed the babies
Posted by joncim at August 19, 2007 09:18 PM