Harry Potter and the...

Deathly Hallows.

We at least now know the name of the book that we are all waiting for. When it comes out, I will shun all human contact - letters, phones, mobiles, chats, emails, newspapers and shut myself in the house - till I finish it. Coz the last time, I reached office and there was a chat window from my brother that said - "XYZ killed ABC!!!". Man, I was pissed. I cannot do that to him for book 7, because he too is a Harry Potter fan and more so because there would not be a Harry Potter book after this one (as claimed by J.K. Rowling herself).

The guessing game about how Harry is going to finish off Voldemort has been going on for some time and will continue till the final book is published. I too do not want to be left behind. Here is my take on it -

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Voldermort will end up in St Mungo's Hospital, Fourth floor, Spell Damage section. He will be admitted to the same ward as Prof. Gildroy Lockhart, next to Neville Longbottom's parents. People will no longer be scared of him and would not be scared of speaking his name either. JKR has given ample indications that she does not want Voldemort killed. Towards the end of Book 5, Dumbledore tells Voldemort and I quote: 'Indeed, your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has been your greatest weakness -'.

Naturally, Harry has to die. The prophecy says so and also JKR has said that evil does not target extras; it goes after the main characters. Remember, the real hero of these books is not Harry. He is one of the main characters. The main character is Lord Voldemort. He is the one who chose Harry.

Apparently, the last word in the last book is scar - and it will not be Harry's scar. It will be a similar scar on Voldemort's forehead.

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