The Man Who Died
First Chapter, Book 1: The Boy Who Lived
Last Chapter, Book 7: The Man Who Died
Since everyone who is qualified to teach Defense against the Dark Arts will be needed outside Hogwarts in the actual conflict, McGonnegal will ask Harry to serve as Student Teacher, thus putting him in the line of those with a One Year Term. For the last Horcrux, Harry will discover something Voldemort put in the Dark Arts room/stores/office with which he needs help. On a visit to St. Mungo's with Neville, Harry will notice that Lockhart is still there, and Lockhart will have a moment of memory during which he lets drop an Important Clue. When Harry figures things out and goes to work on the last horcrux, it summons Voldemort himself, breaks the "You Can't Apparate at Hogwarts" shield, and Voldemort is joined by apparating Death Eaters, including Snape and Pettigrew.
Bla-bla-blah, etcetera, etcetera, Neither can live while the other survives, Harry dies as he and Snape together kill Voldemort...
And then Harry wakes up ...
Last Chapter, Book 7: The Man Who Died
Since everyone who is qualified to teach Defense against the Dark Arts will be needed outside Hogwarts in the actual conflict, McGonnegal will ask Harry to serve as Student Teacher, thus putting him in the line of those with a One Year Term. For the last Horcrux, Harry will discover something Voldemort put in the Dark Arts room/stores/office with which he needs help. On a visit to St. Mungo's with Neville, Harry will notice that Lockhart is still there, and Lockhart will have a moment of memory during which he lets drop an Important Clue. When Harry figures things out and goes to work on the last horcrux, it summons Voldemort himself, breaks the "You Can't Apparate at Hogwarts" shield, and Voldemort is joined by apparating Death Eaters, including Snape and Pettigrew.
Bla-bla-blah, etcetera, etcetera, Neither can live while the other survives, Harry dies as he and Snape together kill Voldemort...
And then Harry wakes up ...
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posted by Keith | Wednesday, October 18, 2006
5 Comments:
KG
I'd be interested to hear what in your view transforms Harry from a boy into a man. Is there more to it than passing years?
TB
That's a great question. Obviously at 17, Harry comes of age in the wizarding world, and that might be enough. But it certainly would seem that if there's a moment when Harry realizes "this ain't gonna happen without my death" and he takes that step because of his love for Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore, and all the others, well that makes him a man.
Is that what you were thinking? (I wasn't until you asked.)
A quote from Dorothy Sayers about the incarnation comes to mind(I don't have it in front of me at the coffee shop I'm currently at, so paraphrased): "When Jesus became a man he played the man. He was born in poverty and disgrace, and considered it all worthwhile."
When a boy intentionally steps onto that dangerous yet worthwhile path of sacrifical love, a path those noble one's who surround him now and in the past have chosen to walk, I think it's then that he has entered into manhood, for he has taken his place for good in the battle against evil. The virtues necessary to keep a man on that path when faced with the temptation to step off and pretend at being a boy again, appear to be taking shape in Harry.
Boys play at being men, but men have the depth of character to stay true even to the end considering all worthwhile.
And then by grace we wake up...
TB
I like how you capitalize phrases like A.A. Milne (example: "Important Clue").
It always makes me laugh.
Bess does this too.
A Harry Potter post follows a picture of an owl... Coincidence or simply a sign of a well-constructed blog?
-Chris Swihart
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