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Harry Potter predictions

I was watching my current celebrity crush, Keith Olberman, and he ended his show with his very own HP predictions, which I thought were very good. One goes like this: SInce we know that Voldemort must be destroyed after all the horcruxes are gone and that Harry has the "key" to at least one of them, then one of them must be Harry himself. It entered through the scar most likelty, right? So then Harry comes to the conclusion that he must kill himself. Olberman asserts tha it is Snape who intervenes and tells Harry there is another way but Harry would have to give up wizarding forever. This idea is in line with the theme of sacrificing for the greater good and all. I would throw in that I believe Snape has made two unbreakable vows--one to Draco that we know about and one also to Harrry, which is why Dumbledore had so much faith in him. Remember how reluctant Snape was to make that vow to Draco? He kind of got cornered into it, didn't he? I STILL feel like Neville is ging to play a major role at the end, but I'm not sure how. And Aunt Petunia is going to factor in as well. I think I need to go back and read the older books...so that's the pprediction. Whaddya think?

Comments

Pat said:

Interesting about Harry being a Horocrux, but it would seem to be a bit of a contradiction to the Trelawny prophecy, which says that one must die for the other to live.  But the bit with Snape suggests an out that makes it work even with the prophecy, so I'm not sure.  I agree with your bit about Neville, and in fact I've always thought Dumbledore's explanation of why it's Harry (at the end of 5) was a bit weak.  There's an obvious setup there for a Lord of the Rings-style ending.  

# July 15, 2007 7:00 PM