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I watched all of the movies and they are very different from the book. I can't stand when movies mess up the book. My friends and I had a disscussion about hidden clues about what is going to happen next. And I just wanted to see what you think.

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If JK Rowling considers stealing plot details from JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis like she has, then in the next book Dumbledore will probably be resurrected as Dumbledore the White, and the same thing will happen to the main characters as happened to those of the Narnia books in The Last Battle (I won't say what that is in case you haven't read it.)

I don't know about everyone else, but I'm mad that the Harry Potter books are so damned popular, even though there are so much more original and better written fantasy books out there. Rowling is still writing them like childrens' books, even though they've obviously progressed to the point where I wouldn't let any child under the age of nine read it, based on the content. There's romance and stuff in there. Poorly written romance. Romance that is taking up as much, if not more, of the books as the fantasy part.

Pardon me; I like to go on crazy rants sometimes.

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I agree with what Drister said, I don't think Dumbeldore was pleading for his life, I think that he anted Snape to kill him. And I strongley disagree 13ecca7 there is no way that JK Rowlings' was stealing plot ideas. I believe that JRR Toilken books where good but it didnt have any romance at all to keep me insterested enough to want to finish the book in a week. I think that you have to put a little romance in a book for a girl to stay interested. And the thing about Dumbeldore coming back as Dumbledore the white is so stupid. I also believe that she doesnt want to put to much romance in there because that is not what the book is about. But putting a little bit in there keeps some people interested. So I strongly disagree with you.

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I think he wanted snape to kill him.

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i don't think dumbledore is going to come back at all. if you look at examples of death throughout the series, rowling sets death up as something that is not definate. the gap between the living and the dead is one that seems infinate, but one that various characters have bridged time and time again. she sets death up as almost a positive thing. think of the moving photographs, that magical mirror thing, the castle ghosts, harry's patronus, voldemort, wormtail (it's a stretch, but technically...). all these represents seemingly-dead characters who are resurected in some way.

it's why i really believe harry is going to die in the end. because she can make it happy so all the seven year olds who read it won't cry

-j

It seems (and this is just gossip from gossip from gossip)
the last line of the book goes "And Harry realized that Voldemort and his scar were gone forever"

Unless realizing is sth you can do while in the grave, Harry doesn't die.

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Didn't they say that the person who fights Voldemort is supposed to die? I mean it doesn't mean that they will, but they should. Now if you go to http://www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com/ they say that perhaps that body of was a fake, and all this is a set up. Really though, I dunno. Rowling may try to throw us off with some "Then the space ship lands" or "Then Harry woke up" kind of thing.



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DCGurl, you say that Tolkien didn't put any romance into his books. That is wrong. You also say that girls need some amount of romance to keep them interested in a book. Also wrong- I am a girl, and I have read and enjoyed many many books without the slightest hint of romance. But you are entitled to your opinion.

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I like Tolkien and I read the books they were okay. But it is not really my type of book. But your entitled to your opinion too.

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