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Bildungsroman:
Etymology: German, from Bildung education + Roman novel
- a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the often young main character.
No points, or rather no sweets from Honeydukes, for guessing which bildungsroman I am talking about. One week after it has been released the rumor mills and the speculation factories are running 24/7 and spewing out various theories about what's gonna happen in Book 7. So many have been spouted that by sheer probability laws, atleast a few will turn out to be right. But let me discuss some few interesting ones here. (For those who still haven't read the books, my sympathies. You have only yourself to blame. Beware of HUGE SPOILERS)
1. Voldemort/Dumbledore are Harry's Grandparents: Impossible. JKR discounted it herself in an interview given to two fansites recently. In her words, she wanted Harry to be alone in this world, so she got his grandparents from both sides to die of natural causes.
2. Harry himself is the sixth Horcrux: Very interesting but unlikely. For one, remember that Voldemort killed James Potter but asked Lily Potter to "get out of the way, silly girl". It's possible that after murdering James, he wanted to make Harry his horcrux, thus ensuring that to kill him Harry will first have to kill himself. But it could be done just as well after killing Lily. However, by all accounts the attempt failed. Plus we know from OOtP that Voldemort finds it impossible to possess Harry's body. How then could his body contain a part of Voldemort's soul. What might happen is that Voldemort does not have six Horcruxes but only five and he might attempt to trick Harry into becoming his sixth horcrux in Book 7.
3. Snape is/is not evil: There has been MASSIVE speculation on this. My take is that he is not evil. He pretended to know what task the Dark Lord had given Draco. He tried to get Draco to tell him all his plans. He killed Dumbledore when he found that he had no options. I speculate that he had a soft spot for Lily Potter and will prove his reformed character by dying to save Harry in Book 7.
4. What is Aunt Petunia hiding up her sleeve? I mean there are so many hints that there is more to her than meets the eye. My best guess is that both sisters were invited to study at Hogwarts but for some reason Petunia refused. And maybe that inspite of all her outward hatred towards her sister and Harry, she still has a hidden soft spot for them.
We are going to have to wait for 2 more years before any of these speculations can be laid to rest. In the meanwhile let your imagination fly and may we have as many theories as there are stars in the skies.
Etymology: German, from Bildung education + Roman novel
- a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the often young main character.
No points, or rather no sweets from Honeydukes, for guessing which bildungsroman I am talking about. One week after it has been released the rumor mills and the speculation factories are running 24/7 and spewing out various theories about what's gonna happen in Book 7. So many have been spouted that by sheer probability laws, atleast a few will turn out to be right. But let me discuss some few interesting ones here. (For those who still haven't read the books, my sympathies. You have only yourself to blame. Beware of HUGE SPOILERS)
1. Voldemort/Dumbledore are Harry's Grandparents: Impossible. JKR discounted it herself in an interview given to two fansites recently. In her words, she wanted Harry to be alone in this world, so she got his grandparents from both sides to die of natural causes.
2. Harry himself is the sixth Horcrux: Very interesting but unlikely. For one, remember that Voldemort killed James Potter but asked Lily Potter to "get out of the way, silly girl". It's possible that after murdering James, he wanted to make Harry his horcrux, thus ensuring that to kill him Harry will first have to kill himself. But it could be done just as well after killing Lily. However, by all accounts the attempt failed. Plus we know from OOtP that Voldemort finds it impossible to possess Harry's body. How then could his body contain a part of Voldemort's soul. What might happen is that Voldemort does not have six Horcruxes but only five and he might attempt to trick Harry into becoming his sixth horcrux in Book 7.
3. Snape is/is not evil: There has been MASSIVE speculation on this. My take is that he is not evil. He pretended to know what task the Dark Lord had given Draco. He tried to get Draco to tell him all his plans. He killed Dumbledore when he found that he had no options. I speculate that he had a soft spot for Lily Potter and will prove his reformed character by dying to save Harry in Book 7.
4. What is Aunt Petunia hiding up her sleeve? I mean there are so many hints that there is more to her than meets the eye. My best guess is that both sisters were invited to study at Hogwarts but for some reason Petunia refused. And maybe that inspite of all her outward hatred towards her sister and Harry, she still has a hidden soft spot for them.
We are going to have to wait for 2 more years before any of these speculations can be laid to rest. In the meanwhile let your imagination fly and may we have as many theories as there are stars in the skies.
posted by Avinash | 7:30 PM
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