HP book 6: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[jester47]

I would suggest that everyone read page 842 of OotP. It adds another potential Half-Blood to the list.

Aaron.

 

[orbitalfreak]

Here's the text of the prophecy,

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The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches . . . . Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies . . . and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not . . . and either must die at the hand of the other for neigher can live while the other survives . . . . The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies . . . .

HP5, 841
and clarification of parentage:

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"And notice this, Harry. He chose not the purblood [Neville], . . . but the half-blood, like himself."

HP5, 842

 

[WanderingMonster]

But wait,

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Harry and Neville are both "purebloods". So who says Harry is half-blooded?"

 

[FireLance]

But wait,

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Harry and Neville are both "purebloods". So who says Harry is half-blooded?"

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Harry's mother is muggle-born. Her sister is the aunt who takes Harry in after his parents' deaths.

 

[Uzumaki]

I guess purebloodedness has to go back many generations. Since Harry's mom was a witch, but Muggle-born, I guess that's not good enough. Man, I hope this book will be good. I was sorely disappointed by OotP.

 

[WizarDru]

I was sorely disappointed by OotP.

Just in general, or was there certain elements in particular you didn't like? Nothing wrong with not being that thrilled with it, although I enjoyed it immensely, myself.

 

[Desdichado]

Man, I hope this book will be good. I was sorely disappointed by OotP.

I was too, the first time I read it. I recently read it again, and was surprised -- it was quite a bit better than I remembered, and I now consider it a worthy (if not equal) successor to Goblet of Fire.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Hey! What about

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the slavic Quiddich playing guy that Hermionie is pen-pals with?

Anyone know anything about him?

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

I didn't like OotP as much as the others, either. Mainly due to Harry increasingly being a realistic 15 year old boy and therefore decreasingly being a hero, decent human being, or likable person.

There was a lot of angst for the sake of angst. Yes, it's more realistic, but I don't necessarily want my heroes to be as weak and petty as most people in the real world.

 

[jester47]

<span style="background-color: black;color: black;">Harry is a Half-blood, Voldemort/Riddle is a half-blood, Longbottom is NOT halfblood (iir)</span>

Nature selects who will be a wizard at random. Hence you can have wizards born from families that never had a wizard in them before. There is no wizard race. Voldemort, Malfoys and the Death Eaters don't believe that. According to thier racist regime, if you were born from two muggles then you are really a muggle. Hence Mud Blood. If you were born from a muggle and a wizard, or a mudblood and a wizard you are half. If you are born from two wizards you are a fullblood. But this is all a fiction by the racist wizards. The truth is that wizardry is doled out randomly. The message I believe is that what you believe is your own and cannot be dictated by genes, or other people.

My guess is the half-blood prince is Dumbledore.

Aaron.