What a dull weekend!
But I finally found some time to clean up the mess inside my cub-board.
As I was doing so, I found my copies of
all stacked one above the another, bathed with dust among the other things.
Just to check the condition,I couldn't help but open them.
And as any other PotterHead, I was soon engrossed in reading them.
As I was skimming(well you won't call that skimming technically) through the chapters I realized an interesting connection between
'The Order of the Phoenix' and "The Deathly Hallows"
In Chapter 35 of 'The Order of the Phoenix', Lucius Malfoy deflects a stunner sent by Bellatrix and it breaks various prophecies. When they are broken, the people who did the prophecising rose from the broken glasses and started to(in silent whispers) to blurt out the prophecies. Well, they spoke just two sentences.
An old, bearded man says: "...at the solstice will come a new..." while a little later a young woman said "...and none will come after...".
I looked up dates of the solstice in the Harry Potter wiki, hoping that something important happened on one of them. The first one came out as June 21st. As it turns out, that was the day when a chosen one could gain access to the Fountain of Fair Fortune (from "The Tales of Beedle the Bard")("Deathly Hallows sir!")
So, I looked at the wiki page for the Fountain of Fair Fortune and could see nothing to link it to the story of the novels, until I read that it bore the symbol of the Deathly Hallows. So, it could be safe to assume that the older man talking about the solstice was Rowling's subtle hint at the Deathly Hallows being involved (though there was no way of knowing at the time). Combining that with "and none will come after" is fairly simple.
Harry is the last owner of all the Deathly Hallows.
That's why those two lines of dialogue were chosen in particular.
Another instance where Rowling displays her exemplary story telling skills!
I would like to qoute Dumbledore first.
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends." -
Dumbledore says these words at the end of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, but it's not until much later that we understand the full meaning behind this statement. These are meaningful words no doubt.
Any guesses as to whom these words are phrased for?
Harry? No!
Hermione? Again a no!
Ron? You kiddin' me!
Ok. It was directed towards Neville Longbottom, who rightly deserves the praise.For those of you, who have read the book. I assume you can relate to it.
Why did I say it was for Neville?
I will try to explain it with the help of Dumbledore's life.
Umm...Actually, there's more to it than just this when you think about Dumbledore's past. Albus remained faithful to Grindelwald for years, even after he was slowly turning over to the dark side and becoming more and more corrupt. He ignored all evidence pointing to Grindelwald's less than noble intentions and went against his own better judgement, simply because he could not confront his friend. Even as an adult, Dumbledore could not address the problem till it was too late.
When Dumbledore realizes about what Neville had done, he realizes that this 11 year old boy, was far braver than young Albus had ever been.
The real reason behind awarding those ten points was not so that Gryffindor wins the house cup. They were, in fact, Dumbledore's recognition of Neville Longbottom's courage in doing what even he could not do.
So now you know how my boring weekend came to end!
But I finally found some time to clean up the mess inside my cub-board.
As I was doing so, I found my copies of
- 'The Philosopher's Stone'
- 'The Order of the Phoenix'
- 'The Deathly Hallows'
all stacked one above the another, bathed with dust among the other things.
Just to check the condition,I couldn't help but open them.
And as any other PotterHead, I was soon engrossed in reading them.
As I was skimming(well you won't call that skimming technically) through the chapters I realized an interesting connection between
'The Order of the Phoenix' and "The Deathly Hallows"
In Chapter 35 of 'The Order of the Phoenix', Lucius Malfoy deflects a stunner sent by Bellatrix and it breaks various prophecies. When they are broken, the people who did the prophecising rose from the broken glasses and started to(in silent whispers) to blurt out the prophecies. Well, they spoke just two sentences.
An old, bearded man says: "...at the solstice will come a new..." while a little later a young woman said "...and none will come after...".
I looked up dates of the solstice in the Harry Potter wiki, hoping that something important happened on one of them. The first one came out as June 21st. As it turns out, that was the day when a chosen one could gain access to the Fountain of Fair Fortune (from "The Tales of Beedle the Bard")("Deathly Hallows sir!")
So, I looked at the wiki page for the Fountain of Fair Fortune and could see nothing to link it to the story of the novels, until I read that it bore the symbol of the Deathly Hallows. So, it could be safe to assume that the older man talking about the solstice was Rowling's subtle hint at the Deathly Hallows being involved (though there was no way of knowing at the time). Combining that with "and none will come after" is fairly simple.
Harry is the last owner of all the Deathly Hallows.
That's why those two lines of dialogue were chosen in particular.
Another instance where Rowling displays her exemplary story telling skills!
I would like to qoute Dumbledore first.
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends." -
Dumbledore says these words at the end of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, but it's not until much later that we understand the full meaning behind this statement. These are meaningful words no doubt.
Any guesses as to whom these words are phrased for?
Harry? No!
Hermione? Again a no!
Ron? You kiddin' me!
Ok. It was directed towards Neville Longbottom, who rightly deserves the praise.For those of you, who have read the book. I assume you can relate to it.
Why did I say it was for Neville?
I will try to explain it with the help of Dumbledore's life.
Umm...Actually, there's more to it than just this when you think about Dumbledore's past. Albus remained faithful to Grindelwald for years, even after he was slowly turning over to the dark side and becoming more and more corrupt. He ignored all evidence pointing to Grindelwald's less than noble intentions and went against his own better judgement, simply because he could not confront his friend. Even as an adult, Dumbledore could not address the problem till it was too late.
When Dumbledore realizes about what Neville had done, he realizes that this 11 year old boy, was far braver than young Albus had ever been.
The real reason behind awarding those ten points was not so that Gryffindor wins the house cup. They were, in fact, Dumbledore's recognition of Neville Longbottom's courage in doing what even he could not do.
So now you know how my boring weekend came to end!
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