Re: A Couple of Questions


"Edward McArdle" <mcardle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:mcardle-0707101032020001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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<neverwillicheckthis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Edward McArdle" <mcardle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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<neverwillicheckthis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



I just finished playing some Texas Holdem Poker.... LV didn't have a
choice... he raised 3X and didn't get the right cards but he invested too
much to fold...

He thought he killed Harry in the forest. He attacked hogwarts; join me or
die, this is it.... He was wrong; Harry wasn't dead... [besides repenting]
he had 2 choices:

1. Back down
2. Give it one more shot. All in.

Sorry but choice #1 makes less sense than #2. If he would have backed down
his followers would have left him and maybe tried to kill him. [I also
watched "Analyze This" last night and I'm reminded that a "boss" who looks
weak and backs down is dead from all sides.]

So in fact the story is a tragedy? Voldemort knows he cannot win, but goes
down in a blaze of glory! Harry is left to say "Goodnight, sweet Prince
Voldemort, and flights of angels..."

--
Edward McArdle

nope it's not that "Voldemort knows he cannot win"... he would think that he
could win [if this was not a book where he had to lose he probably would
have won].

if you take any point except that this was a reasonable choice of LV...
contrary to the view that LV was ridiculously foolish and "no one could be
that dumb" with his last attempt to kill Harry... then you read too much
into my note.

[note to self: Do not make flippant remarks on this serious newsgroup...]

--
Edward McArdle

Sorry. It's hard to know one tone in typed text. :)

It was interesting as a literary element how Rowling solved the "Harry must kill LV" and "the hero Harry can't use AK" dilemma


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