Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (theories and discussion - may contain spoilers)

Because it's a one way portal into the afterlife. From this side, those who have seen death can hear whispers (of those they saw die?), but once someone passes through, there is no return.

The ability to hear the whispers seems to be like the ability to see thestrals. I think the veil was invisible as well to those who had not seen death.

 

One hell of a metaphor if you ask me. You don't how one longs for those that have fallen until you lose someone yourself. But this can also benefit your perspective in some ways.

 

Aha!
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I'm glad of that, should be pretty cool to read

 

I love the Scene with Harry and Luna when they are in the Ravenclaw common room, some great stuff there

 

yeaa, looking forward to her doing that, if she does. actually, it has some wuite interesting articles about Harry Potter on there, and what happens to people after the book, you should check some og the others out

 

yeaa, really good scene that when he stuck up for McGonagall.

 

I think my favourite scene is where:

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Neville rallies Dumbledore's Army just after they've brought Harry's 'corpse' out. Such a dramatic scene!

 

yea, that was good, very good. makes you see Neville completely differently from before.

 

And the bit at the end where we find out:

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Neville becomes 'Professor Longbottom'. Made me smile, that did.

 

lol, yeaa. btw, perhaps that should be in a spolier, and the first bit you posted, just incase.

 

How do I put stuff in a spoiler?

 

Writing Forums - vB Code List

 

Great link, Ivan - I never knew we had a vB code reference thread!

Specific answer for MedicMan:

[NOPARSE]

Spoiler

Content that may spoil a reader's experience

[/NOPARSE]
Produces this:

Spoiler

Content that may spoil a reader's experience

 

Awesome cheers, I'll sort that out in a minute

 

I think my favorite part of that entire book, is when:

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Harry is at what he thinks is King's Cross with Dumbledore. At the very end of the chapter, Harry asks if this is all in his head, if it is real.

I love what Dumbledore says in response!

"Of course this is all in your head, Harry. But why would that mean that it isn't real?"

That was the best part of the entire book! It was just like...wow!

I love J.K. Rowling, she really is a master of words; great at adding in metaphors and other techniques that just seem to make the book so much richer to an English nerd like myself.

I've started reading book 1 again.

 

pen/soul, please be considerate and use the spoiler tags. you'll find the method of using them above.

 

Too Crazy Ivan: There could always be a run off but what would the story be? theres no dark wizard everyone is fearing, only way i could see them making a decent run off is if that have on of harry's sons try and over throw him or something stupid like that but it would still be pushing JKs luck for another book worth reading

 

About the story making you want to presue writing.

Thats exactly i fely after getting done with it, it was a great series that i dreaded have to end but it would get old if it didnt so yep im just agreeing with you on your statment

 

same.. I've just started reading book 1 again too

 

Sorry to anybody that gets offended but i've edited some people's posts for not putting in spoiler tags. Please be considerate and use them, there are plenty of explanations on how to use them in this very thread.

Thanks

 

Iv never gave harry potter books a chance, but man they are everywhere. I am going to start the first book soon.

I just want to know does anyone know how many characters are in the harry potter book series?

 

Uhhh....a world's worth? Lots of characters. It's impossible to count, really.

 

Yeah, true. One of the best bits is that all the ancillary characters are described in just enough detail to make them feel like a part of the story, without over-complicating matters.