Comments on: Harry Potter: Discussion http://www.meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, social media Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dwight http://www.meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-805090 Dwight Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:20:26 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/#comment-805090 <p>Is it just me or did anyone find The Deathly Hallows eerily reminiscent of both Lord of the Rings and The Da Vinci Code?</p> <p>The whole 'quest for the hallows' and hidden meanings in supposed children literature was very similar to Disney with his references to the Holy Grail in the Da Vinci Code.</p> <p>The way the locket is worn by the Big 3 and how it affects them is also very similar to the hobbits wearing the ring and enduring the damning affects of its power in Lord of the Rings.</p> <p>Cold not help but notice...</p> Is it just me or did anyone find The Deathly Hallows eerily reminiscent of both Lord of the Rings and The Da Vinci Code?

The whole ‘quest for the hallows’ and hidden meanings in supposed children literature was very similar to Disney with his references to the Holy Grail in the Da Vinci Code.

The way the locket is worn by the Big 3 and how it affects them is also very similar to the hobbits wearing the ring and enduring the damning affects of its power in Lord of the Rings.

Cold not help but notice…

]]> By: Lily http://www.meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-394412 Lily Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:28:01 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/#comment-394412 <p>I actually went on websites yesterday to find out about it and there was an interview with JKR and she said that the true home was Draco Malfoy....so yeah</p> I actually went on websites yesterday to find out about it and there was an interview with JKR and she said that the true home was Draco Malfoy….so yeah

]]> By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-392684 Meryl Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:38:31 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/#comment-392684 <p>Read or heard somewhere that the elder wand went back into Dumbledore's crypt which is where it belongs since Voldy stole it from there.</p> Read or heard somewhere that the elder wand went back into Dumbledore’s crypt which is where it belongs since Voldy stole it from there.

]]> By: Lily http://www.meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-392540 Lily Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:39:10 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/#comment-392540 <p>I was really confused about the true home of the elder wand or "I'm putting the Elder Wand back where it came from". No one I ask seens to know it and I was hoping some of you would.....</p> I was really confused about the true home of the elder wand or “I’m putting the Elder Wand back where it came from”. No one I ask seens to know it and I was hoping some of you would…..

]]> By: Arti Patel http://www.meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-376152 Arti Patel Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:45:36 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/#comment-376152 <p>One more question....</p> <p>Hermione says she has modified her parents' memories and sent them off to Australia as Wilkins', who're unaware they have a daughter.</p> <p>When they escape to Tottenhem Court Road and have to fight Death Eaters in the cafe, Harry decides to clean up after stunning them. Ron asks Hermione whether she can modify their memories - she says she only knows the theory; she's never done it before.</p> <p>But she HAS done it before. What's more, she has done it on her parents who're likely to be the most important people in her life, so she'd have taken ample care to ensure she doesn't do it wrong. Thus her knowledge is likely to be pretty good - given she must've studied the theory deeply and then implemented it correctly.</p> <p>I think JKR and her editors missed this slip.</p> One more question….

Hermione says she has modified her parents’ memories and sent them off to Australia as Wilkins’, who’re unaware they have a daughter.

When they escape to Tottenhem Court Road and have to fight Death Eaters in the cafe, Harry decides to clean up after stunning them. Ron asks Hermione whether she can modify their memories – she says she only knows the theory; she’s never done it before.

But she HAS done it before. What’s more, she has done it on her parents who’re likely to be the most important people in her life, so she’d have taken ample care to ensure she doesn’t do it wrong. Thus her knowledge is likely to be pretty good – given she must’ve studied the theory deeply and then implemented it correctly.

I think JKR and her editors missed this slip.

]]> By: Dawn Goldberg http://www.meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-374296 Dawn Goldberg Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:44:53 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/#comment-374296 <p>I had some of these same questions, and here are the answers I've come up with (please forgive in advance my not finding the actual text from the seven books :-)</p> <p><b>What was the point of the baby that made Harry uncomfortable while he talked to Dumbledore?</b></p> <p>I thought that the baby represented Voldemort - what he really was. In his final fight with Voldemort, Harry says something like, "I've seen what you are."</p> <p><b>What was significant about Harry’s green eyes? Rowling said it was important.</b></p> <p>Harry has his mother's eyes. So, when Snape died, he told Harry to look at him. He wanted to see Lily's eyes as he died.</p> <p><b>How did the Sorting Hat come in possession of the Griffindor sword where Neville found it? Griphook ran off with the real sword. </b></p> <p>There was something said at some point that the sword had to be given; it couldn't be stolen. My thinking was that since Griphook stole it, it wasn't ever gone. Also, it was stated that it comes in time of valor and need. Neville certainly showed valor, and we all know there was a need.</p> <p>Just my thoughts on the matter!</p> I had some of these same questions, and here are the answers I’ve come up with (please forgive in advance my not finding the actual text from the seven books :-)

What was the point of the baby that made Harry uncomfortable while he talked to Dumbledore?

I thought that the baby represented Voldemort – what he really was. In his final fight with Voldemort, Harry says something like, “I’ve seen what you are.”

What was significant about Harry’s green eyes? Rowling said it was important.

Harry has his mother’s eyes. So, when Snape died, he told Harry to look at him. He wanted to see Lily’s eyes as he died.

How did the Sorting Hat come in possession of the Griffindor sword where Neville found it? Griphook ran off with the real sword.

There was something said at some point that the sword had to be given; it couldn’t be stolen. My thinking was that since Griphook stole it, it wasn’t ever gone. Also, it was stated that it comes in time of valor and need. Neville certainly showed valor, and we all know there was a need.

Just my thoughts on the matter!

]]> By: Paul http://www.meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-374105 Paul Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:29:32 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/#comment-374105 <p>Regarding Umbridge's not being affected by the locket -- I believe that she embraces evil, therefore she can handle it. Ron, Harry and Hermione are "good" and it could explain why Ron was more affected than the other two. Harry was getting angrier with all that was happening, so that made him less susceptible than Ron. Can't explain Hermione except she's the strongest in terms of performing magic.</p> Regarding Umbridge’s not being affected by the locket — I believe that she embraces evil, therefore she can handle it. Ron, Harry and Hermione are “good” and it could explain why Ron was more affected than the other two. Harry was getting angrier with all that was happening, so that made him less susceptible than Ron. Can’t explain Hermione except she’s the strongest in terms of performing magic.

]]> By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-373038 Meryl Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:51:43 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/#comment-373038 <p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19935372/" rel="nofollow">Great news</a>! Rowling is going to do an encyclopedia with new details of her characters. Of course, it'll take a while.</p> Great news! Rowling is going to do an encyclopedia with new details of her characters. Of course, it’ll take a while.

]]> By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-372586 Meryl Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:39:19 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/#comment-372586 <p>Kate, my thought is that they finished out the school year after the clean up, temporarily set up school elsewhere while repairing the school (maybe it doesn't take so long with magic) -- the school year wasn't too far from over since it was already spring when all this happened. Just the three (Ron, Hermione and Harry) missed the entire school year -- but Hermione probably far more credits than needed. Ron and Harry, perhaps, got an exception since they mastered magic in the war or there's a witch equivalent of the GEDs.</p> Kate, my thought is that they finished out the school year after the clean up, temporarily set up school elsewhere while repairing the school (maybe it doesn’t take so long with magic) — the school year wasn’t too far from over since it was already spring when all this happened. Just the three (Ron, Hermione and Harry) missed the entire school year — but Hermione probably far more credits than needed. Ron and Harry, perhaps, got an exception since they mastered magic in the war or there’s a witch equivalent of the GEDs.

]]> By: Kate http://www.meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-372292 Kate Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:51:42 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/07/23/harry-potter-discussion/#comment-372292 <p>Does anyone else wonder what happened considering that the 7th year students did not gradute from Hogwarts?</p> Does anyone else wonder what happened considering that the 7th year students did not gradute from Hogwarts?

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