Harry Potter Seven!!! What will happen? But beyond that, what will the post-Harry Potter world be like? I love living in a world where people debate books, discuss the possible plot twists, dress up as characters, and steal truck loads of books. (Well, ok, maybe not the stealing part-- but isn't it amazing that a *book* can cause such an uproar?)
I imagine this is a bit like serial stories in magazines in ages past-- only on a larger scale. Do you think so?
And what do you think is going to happen? I was convinced Rowling would not let Harry die, but a friend has given me some pretty convincing arguments for his death. Everyone he loves has died- parents, Black and Dumbledore, and Rowling has shown us that in Harry's universe there is life after death. If Harry died he would be reunited with everyone he loves. Also, Rowling has not been squeamish about letting people die-- even if readers desperately want the character to live. I desperately want Harry to live, but I think I'm bracing myself for his possible death.
And then there is Snape. I can only wonder and guess. I am betting there is a memory of Dumbledore's in a bottle or in the pensieve that Harry will enter to learn about Snape's agreement with Dumbledore. But of course, I could be wrong.
It is amazing to me that books exist, and that we read them, and enter with a willing suspension of disbelief, and believe the author when she says such-and-such happened. If Rowling writes Harry dead, Harry will be dead, and no amount of wishing or rewriting by anyone else will change it. Isn't that a bit weird? It's almost odd that we don't band together to rewrite the endings of books we don't like. Or just write our own endings and believe them instead of the author's version. But it's not just the "author's version". If the author says it's so, it is so. The author is god. What an odd mind game we play with ourselves and the rest of the world. I have yet to see anyone standing on street corners hawking their own "Dumbledore Didn't Die" version of book 6. (Yes, there are theories, but they all follow Rowling's words, just hoping she didn't mean what we thought she meant.) What strange creatures we are.
Well, happy, tense, nail-biting waiting for book seven. And then it will be over. And what will we do with ourselves?
Rebecca =)
Obvious book recommendation of the day: re-read the first 6 books before July 21st.
I imagine this is a bit like serial stories in magazines in ages past-- only on a larger scale. Do you think so?
And what do you think is going to happen? I was convinced Rowling would not let Harry die, but a friend has given me some pretty convincing arguments for his death. Everyone he loves has died- parents, Black and Dumbledore, and Rowling has shown us that in Harry's universe there is life after death. If Harry died he would be reunited with everyone he loves. Also, Rowling has not been squeamish about letting people die-- even if readers desperately want the character to live. I desperately want Harry to live, but I think I'm bracing myself for his possible death.
And then there is Snape. I can only wonder and guess. I am betting there is a memory of Dumbledore's in a bottle or in the pensieve that Harry will enter to learn about Snape's agreement with Dumbledore. But of course, I could be wrong.
It is amazing to me that books exist, and that we read them, and enter with a willing suspension of disbelief, and believe the author when she says such-and-such happened. If Rowling writes Harry dead, Harry will be dead, and no amount of wishing or rewriting by anyone else will change it. Isn't that a bit weird? It's almost odd that we don't band together to rewrite the endings of books we don't like. Or just write our own endings and believe them instead of the author's version. But it's not just the "author's version". If the author says it's so, it is so. The author is god. What an odd mind game we play with ourselves and the rest of the world. I have yet to see anyone standing on street corners hawking their own "Dumbledore Didn't Die" version of book 6. (Yes, there are theories, but they all follow Rowling's words, just hoping she didn't mean what we thought she meant.) What strange creatures we are.
Well, happy, tense, nail-biting waiting for book seven. And then it will be over. And what will we do with ourselves?
Rebecca =)
Obvious book recommendation of the day: re-read the first 6 books before July 21st.
posted by Rebecca =) | 2:00 PM
1 Comments:
I personally think that in Harry Potter 7, Voldemort will die, after all, he only has a limited number of horcruxes! And I alsoo think that Dumbledore, is DEAD. Nothing anyone can do about it. I do not think Harry will die, but I think that maybe Fred and George will. (Sadly, but it is what I think!)
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