Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: SPOILERS! And much discussion.

I bet JK Rowling just didn't think of it. Either that or Snape's tenure "didn't count". Would've been a nice touch, however.
 
just finished the book this morning (started night before last)... really enjoyed it, thru & thru. felt it was paced beautifully, wrapped everything up well... and i just find her story-telling.

i find the book inspirational, and am so glad that's where she was headed with it all the time.

nobody mentions allegory to current events, which seemed clear from the first book. have always thought JK must've been exposed to certain... circles, and information... that inspired her to want to couch a tremendous amount of empowering and enlightening wisdom in a children's book. definitely an extraordinary story on so many levels. i bet it'll be deciphered and analyzed for generations to come.

and gotta say... luv that neville... :)
 
quixotedlm said:
The baby I thought was just a randomly dead infant who was passing through limbo...
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that was the small piece of voldy's soul that had joined parasitically with harry's... showed the utter misery & torment that's in store for him when he dies & feels the true wretchedness of his spirit. and there's no one who can do anything about it except for voldy himself, thru an experience of authentic remorse... which is why harry encourages him at the last moment to seek that.
 
Well I've finished it and its left me longing to read A Wizard of Earthsea (trilogy) again ( By Ursula K LeGuin) but I'm straight into Neil Gaiman's 'Stardust' for the the time being.
 
did you just now read the whole HP series, btm?
or just the last book... confused by your inquiry as to the names & sequence of all the books -- thought you hadn't been potterfied just yet. :)
 
Lol, aha!

(clipped from this link)

Luna and Neville Longbottom?
It’s possible Luna has also found love with another member of the D.A.

When she (Rowling) was first asked about the possibility of Luna hooking up with Neville Longbottom several years ago, Rowling’s response was “Definitely not.” But as time passed and she watched her characters mature, Rowling started to “feel a bit of a pull” between the unlikely pair.

Ultimately, Rowling left the question of their relationship open at the end of the book because doing otherwise “felt too neat.”
 
samina said:
did you just now read the whole HP series, btm?
or just the last book... confused by your inquiry as to the names & sequence of all the books -- thought you hadn't been potterfied just yet. :)
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I have read all the books and in sequence... but my memory isn't so good. I saw the first two movies in sequence but after that its a bit of a blur and I certainly couldn't tell you the names of the books in sequence and I'n not inclined to read them all again, though perhaps one day....
I think I've been Confounded.:):?:
 
Yeah, I'm with both of you. Had to re-read books 5 and 6 in the past 12 months, and still forgot (initially) who Slughorn was.

On a side note, what do all of you think about the 'haters' who are trying to cry foul because Rowling borrows abundantly from other works? If anything, I think it's both clever and creative to utilize elements from Tolkien, Star Wars, Spiderman, Narnia, etc.
 
tj said:
On a side note, what do all of you think about the 'haters' who are trying to cry foul because Rowling borrows abundantly from other works? If anything, I think it's both clever and creative to utilize elements from Tolkien, Star Wars, Spiderman, Narnia, etc.
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to my mind, a lot of what exists in fantasy pop culture (aka above) has roots in mythology & ancient symbolism, which explains why it can resonate on such a deep level in the social consciousness. those other works are as many times removed from the roots of that symbolism as is HP... so i pay it no mind.
 
samina said:
to my mind, a lot of what exists in fantasy pop culture (aka above) has roots in mythology & ancient symbolism, which explains why it can resonate on such a deep level in the social consciousness. those other works are as many times removed from the roots of that symbolism as is HP... so i pay it no mind.
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Yes, it's an ironic battle-cry, isn't it?

"Harry Potter steals from LotR and Star Wars!" when, in fact, LotR and Star Wars have elements borrowed from earlier fiction and myth, too.
 
The first Star Wars movie has SCENES that are almost lifted straight from Akira Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress." (As Lucas later worked with Kurosawa on the latter's last film, I suspect Kurosawa took it in the spirit of homage in which it was intended.) Of course fantasy borrows from myth. I won't open up the giant can of worms that is Joseph Campbell and the Hero With a Thousand Faces, but stories can come from common origins without being OMG THEFT.

Besides, it's not like at any point Snape said, "Harry...I am your father."
 
Yes, I remember hearing about how telling the initial story from the two droids' point of view had something in common with a Kurasawa work, I believe, and also about how big of a fan Lucas is of him.

And in regards to all of the references, there's a point at which it feels more like an homage/tribute to earlier works, or possibly an easter egg.
 
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