Comments on: Episode #1: Will Harry Make It?

By: Happy Birthday To Us!! - Harry Potter Prognostications Podcast

Happy Birthday To Us!! - Harry Potter Prognostications Podcast — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:07:52 +0000

[...] free to go back and listen to Episode 1 and see how well our prognosticating skills fared, as well as how we far we’ve come in our [...]

By: lisa

lisa — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:44:03 +0000

Hey guys! I’m glad your back! I just wanted to say the whole “ron” from happy days and “ron” from harry potter thing was.. just werid.

By: Rahila Hashim

Rahila Hashim — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:19:35 +0000

i dont think harry will die i am not sure but i he wont die because his such a hero

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:56:45 +0000

This is an awesome podcast!!! I think that Harry will die. I think he will sacrifice his life for somebody and the love with then kill Voldemort.

By: janice

janice — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:50:00 +0000

Great to have you back & to have discovered that you’re back!
One thought on this first podcast (haven’t listened to the others yet):
I agree there is a discernable Christian theme in the books, albeit what I would think of as the more “liberal” strain of Christian theology – e.g., the belief that love and compassion are redemptive and are the most important qualities of the faith. The notion of “love as redemptive” being redemptive may have been what JK was referring to in that early interview.
Anyway, one thing that has occurred to me on this theme is that if there is a Christian theme going on, Harry does not necessarily have to be the “Christ-like” figure, in the sense of the one who dies for the sins of others. People like James, Sirius, Dumbledore, Cedric, and Lilly (especially Lilly, as she seems “innocent”, even to her name’s connotations) have already died both for love (i.e., to protect others) and also in a sense died for their own and/or each other’s “sins”. Things got so bad in the first place in part because of “good” people’s own bad behavior – James and Sirius’ cruelty to Snape and Peter may have backfired, for example, leading to the successes of LV.
It’s possible Harry will be left to play not the Jesus figure, but the “good Christian” figure. With people having already sacrificed themselves for the “sins of the past,” it may be up to him not to die for past sins, but rather to carry on the “faith” of love and compassion in the real world.
It’s funny that Star Wars came up, because this idea is similar to what happens in Star Wars. In SW, it’s the older generation (Obie-wan, Vader, some other I think) that ends up sacrificing itself to atone for past mistakes. The younger generation (Luke, and sidekicks Leah and Han) in a sense “fixes” the sins of the past and permit redemption through love and compassion (Luke, who rejects vengeance for love), and offers hope for the future (Han & Leah).
Don’t know if that makes any sense, but it’s another way I can think of looking at the issue.
My instinct is that Harry won’t die – although I wouldn’t be shocked if I were wrong and he did.
[As for the "snow globe" idea, which I know Penny was just tossing out there: possible, but unlikely. I've always thought the wizarding world was an allegory for "people who know what's really going on" - i.e., the members of society "gifted" enough through birth, brains, or talent to understand the big picture of the world. A little elitist, maybe, but that's how I see it.]
Sorry about the length of the comment – hope I haven’t over-written my welcome!

By: Penny

Penny — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:44:02 +0000

Thanks Jene! We have had some microphone problems, and are looking at how we can fix them. Hagrid is a great idea for a topic!

By: Jene

Jene — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:59:30 +0000

I really enjoy listening to the podcast. I am looking forward to the next one. During the last two podcast, I had a hard time trying to hear what is going on, so I turn up the volume but it still sounds muffled. But still, keep up the execellent job. Maybe another topic could be Hagrid.

By: TIA

TIA — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:33:23 +0000

harry sould not die

By: Dan J

Dan J — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:28:36 +0000

Glad to have you back! I look forward to hearing the podcasts, as well as the updates on this site.

By: elli

elli — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:54:26 +0000

if harry is the last horcrux, then he will either die or become a muggle.